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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2012

CHP Officer Fighting for Life After Shooting

A California Highway Patrol officer remained in critical condition Wednesday, a day after he was shot by a subject during a traffic stop in the East Bay near Alamo.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2012

L.A. Schools Move Away From Zero-Tolerance Policies

In a decisive step away from the zero tolerance policies of the 1990s, Los Angeles school police have agreed to stop issuing citations to truant students and instead refer them to city youth centers for educational counseling and other services to help address their academic struggles.

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Inside the Badge by Melanie BasichAugust 31, 2012

Police Links: Paddleboarding Patrol

As we get ready to say goodbye to summer, it will either make you smile or curse your luck to find out that a California police department has started a standup paddleboarding (SUP) patrol.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2012

Public Safety Unions Oppose Calif. Gov.'s 'Radical' Pension Plan

California Governor Jerry Brown introduced what he called "radical change" to the pension system Tuesday, a plan that met with stiff opposition from the state's public employee unions.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2012

Baltimore Hires Former Oakland Chief As Police Commissioner

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has selected former Oakland (Calif.) Police Chief Anthony Batts as the city's next police commissioner, bringing in a leader who has been hailed as an innovator but who struggled to push his agenda at his last job.

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Inside the Badge by Erin SpandorfAugust 28, 2012

Calif. Sheriff Enlists Surveillance Plane

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has begun using a Cessna aircraft outfitted with state-of-the-art surveillance gear that feeds streaming images to deputies on the ground.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2012

S.F. Chief Nation's Highest Paid Cop

San Francisco isn't the nation's biggest city, and it's certainly not the most crime ridden. But that doesn't mean it can't have the country's highest-paid cop.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2012

S.F. Cop Suspended Over Nude Mermaid Photos

A San Francisco police officer whose hobby is photographing naked women has filed a federal civil rights suit against the city, saying he was wrongfully suspended twice because of his off-duty pastime.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2012

Black Panthers' Gun Supplier Was FBI Informant

A prominent 1960s Black Panther Party activist who supplied the group with its first firearms that were used in gun battles with Oakland police was working as an FBI informant.

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Inside the Badge August 23, 2012

California Security Housing Unit (SHU) Reintegration and Reform

Most prison gang leaders will be released into the terrible jungle where they will try to obtain two things they care about the most: drugs and power. Once the titans come down to dwell with gang mortals, the gangland utopia will usher the next prison gang golden age.

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