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Earl Ellis Green, 44, of Rubidoux was arrested by police and FBI agents at a Target store in Riverside. He has been charged with murder and a parole violation.
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Six officers will be laid off and one position will be frozen, following the ruling, which gave officers retroactive raises of 3 percent to 3.3 percent back to 2009.
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Officer Ryan Bonaminio, a four-year veteran of the department and a U.S. Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, had responded to a hit-and-run call.
Read More →Officials hope to establish the unit with $2 million for 10-12 hours. The unit was cut for budgetary reasons in 2006.
Read More →A 19-year-old man being chased by the California Highway Patrol for speeding rammed an SUV in East Oakland early today, killing both him and the other driver, authorities said.
Read More →A Lincoln (Neb.) PD officer pulled over the Ford F-150 truck driven erratically by Matthew Nieveen, 19. Nieveen's blood alcohol level was more than twice the state's .08 limit.
Read More →Adrian Gutierrez, 28, had been out of prison about a month when he sped away from the officer after a traffic violation. Gutierrez crashed his vehicle and, while armed with two guns, ran from the officer. He turned on the officer, who then fired.
Read More →A Roanoke (Va.) PD officer was pulled from his flaming cruiser early Sunday by another officer, after he crashed his cruiser into a vacant house on the way to provide backup on a vehicle stop.
Read More →Also, officers arrested 126 young people for curfew violations. Traffic enforcement recorded 33 arrests and 536 citations.
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Twenty nine tactical teams, including three international, participated in Urban Shield 2010, the nation's largest first-responder training hosted by the Alameda County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office. Organizers roll out scenario-based exercises at a variety of venues that teams must respond to during a 48-hour period. With each exercise, the teams must manage and respond to an ongoing critical incident. The exercises "provide opportunities to enhance response efforts and identify training needs in a simulated environment," according to organizers. Photos courtesy of Alameda County Sheriff's Office.
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