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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2012

Calif. Man Fatally Shot After Promising To 'Kill Or Be Killed'

An Orange County, Calif., man was fatally shot by SWAT officers from Placentia and Brea late Monday, after he pointed a double-barrel shotgun at officers during a standoff.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 15, 2012

Teen Explorer Sues Agency, Officer's Widow

A teenage girl who was in a sexual relationship with a Santa Maria (Calif.) Police officer has sued the city over alleged negligence in operating a police department youth program.

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Inside the Badge by Jim McDonnellAugust 15, 2012

Two Effective Gang Enforcement Strategies

Long Beach patrol officers can pull up photos of served gang members, maps of safety zones—those parts of the city subject to the gang injunction—a copy of the injunction and a hyperlink to the image of the proof of service form. That certainty has produced very real results.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonAugust 14, 2012

Kawasaki Shelves Concours 14P Motorcycle

Kawasaki Motors Corp. has suspended its Concours 14P police motorcycle program, after determining that dealer modifications were causing a blown main fuse, increasing the risk of a crash.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 9, 2012

Calif. City Rejects Bid To Disband Department

After listening to dozens of its residents lend support to the embattled Fullerton (Calif.) Police Department, the City Council voted 3-2 to reject a bid to start the process of disbanding the agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2012

S.F. Mayor Drops Stop-and-Frisk Plan

San Francisco's mayor has dropped plans to implement New York City's stop-and-frisk policy, after community leaders criticized the plan, saying it would lead to racial profiling.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2012

Mother Sues SF Police Over Son's Death

The mother of a Washington state parolee who accidentally shot himself to death during a gunfight with San Francisco police last year has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2012

Calif. City Considers Dissolving Embattled Department

The Fullerton City Council will consider launching a study Tuesday that could lead to the dissolution of the city's 104-year-old police department.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2012

SF Chief: Gang's Members Have 'Turned On Each Other'

The explosion of gang violence in and around San Francisco's Visitacion Valley this summer—it has claimed seven lives and has the southeastern neighborhood on edge—stems not from feuding between rival factions, but from an internecine war that is tearing the gangs apart, the city's police chief said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 1, 2012

Body of Missing FBI Agent Found

Hikers discovered the body of an FBI special agent who had been missing for more than two months in Burbank on Monday. Stephen Ivens, a Los Angeles-based special agent who specialized in national security, disappeared on May 10 with his service weapon.

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