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Newsby Staff WriterMay 19, 2015

Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Released

President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing released its final, 116-page report on Monday after six months of work.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2015

Obama Restricts Law Enforcement Access to Some Military Surplus Gear

To be eligible to purchase controlled equipment, agencies must adopt "robust and specific written policies and protocols" covering not just the use of the federal equipment, but their policing practices in general.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 3, 2015

Obama's Policing Task Force Calls for Independent Investigations of Officer-Involved Shootings

The report also suggests that local agencies adopt more of a community policing approach, minimize the use of military equipment at protests and rallies and have outside investigators look into police shootings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2015

Drone Crashes at White House; Hobbyist Says It's His

A two-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist crashed on the White House grounds Monday in a breach that raised fresh questions about the president's security — and a growing threat from the sky.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 23, 2014

Obama Says He's Outraged Over "Senseless" Police Murders

Obama called New York Police Commissioner William Bratton to give condolences for the two police officers shot and killed in an ambush in Brooklyn Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2014

Obama Police Panel May Establish Deadly Force Incident Tracking

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, tapped by the Obama administration to help bolster law enforcement's standing in the wake of national unrest stirred by a series of killings of young black men by white officers, said that the long-standing gap in police reporting "needs to be addressed.''

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2014

Holder Issues Statement on Obama's Law Enforcement Proposals

Yesterday, the Administration released that review's findings -- and announced key next steps to strengthen the trust in and effectiveness of the policing of our communities.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2014

Obama Team Calls for New Rules on Police Equipment

As part of a response to the police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., the Obama administration called for new rules Monday on federal money that local law enforcement agencies use to buy equipment, including military items.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2014

Obama Immigration Order Ends Secure Communities Program

Designed to identify potentially deportable immigrants who had committed crimes, the Secure Communities program provided immigration agents with fingerprint records collected at local jails. In many cases, agents would ask local law enforcement officials to hold inmates believed to be in the country illegally beyond the length of their jail terms so that they could be transferred to federal custody.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 20, 2014

Obama Executive Order to Shield 5 Million Illegal Immigrants from Law Enforcement Action

These new details about the broad reach of Mr. Obama’s planned executive action on immigration emerged as he prepared to speak to the nation in a prime-time address on Thursday night. On Friday, the president is to travel to Las Vegas to rally public support for his plan in a state where Hispanics are a growing and politically powerful constituency.

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