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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2019

Department Asks Citizens to Get Drunk to Train Recruits on SFSTs

The Kutztown Borough (PA) Police Department received thousands of responses to a request posted to Facebook for three citizen volunteers to help officers in training. The training in question was to help officers learn how to administer Standardized Field Sobriety Tests during suspected DUI traffic stops, and the volunteers would have to be willing to let the department get them drunk.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2019

Judge Approves Outside Jury for Ex-Officer Accused of Killing Antwon Rose

The ex-officer accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Antwon Rose in June of 2018 will be allowed to have a jury from outside the area during his upcoming trial, a judge ruled on Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2019

Pennsylvania Woman Breaks Into Police Station Seeking Officer Who Arrested Her

A woman in the northeastern Pennsylvania town of West Wyoming has been arrested after she broke into a police station, reportedly in search of an officer she allegedly had been sexually harassing since he arrested her last May.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2019

Pennsylvania Parents File Suit over Proposal to Arm Teachers in Schools

The Tamaqua (PA) School District "endangered their community" when they approved a "manifestly illegal" policy to give weapons to teachers and other school employees, according to a lawsuit filed by three parents and a grandparent.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2019

Pennsylvania K-9 Succumbs to Internal Illness

Police Chief Bob O’Neill said that Gunner had been with the police department for several years.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2018

Widow of Slain Officer Outraged Over Cop Killer Mumia's Chance for Appeal

Judge Leon Tucker granted Mumia Abu-Jamal another opportunity to appeal his conviction in the death of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Abu-Jamal spent three decades on death row before his sentence in the shooting death of Faulkner was thrown out over flawed jury instructions.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2018

Pennsylvania Department Adds 2 K-9 Officers to its Ranks

K-9s "Bolt" and "Linc" are the newest members of the Warminster Township (PA) Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2018

Philadelphia Man in Police Custody Dies of Suspected Heart Attack

The 39-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shoplifting. Authorities say there was no struggle or force used during the arrest.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2018

Philadelphia Officer Badly Injured in Single-Vehicle Crash

A Philadelphia police officer was hospitalized with injuries to his face, head, hip, and spine following a single-vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2018

Philadelphia Police Department Adopts SIG Sauer M400 Pro Rifles

SIG Sauer Inc. announced that the Philadelphia Police Department has adopted the SIG Sauer M400 Pro Rifle for its SWAT officers. The Philadelphia Police Department is the fourth largest police department in the United States with over 6,300 sworn officers protecting over 1.5 million citizens across 140 square-miles.

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