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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 23, 2014

Activists Give Cameras to Ferguson Residents to Record Police Encounters

For every police officer in Ferguson wearing a camera to record encounters with the public, there soon may be two residents equipped with small cameras of their own to watch police.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2014

FBI Investigating Missouri Officer's Use of Stun Gun on Teen

The FBI said Monday it had launched an investigation into an incident that left a 17-year-old hospitalized after he was subdued by an Independence police officer with a stun gun.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2014

St. Louis County Police to Test Body Cameras

Several companies are lending free technology to police departments in hope of landing lucrative contracts in an industry that surged after a national outcry about the Ferguson police shooting. In St. Louis County, 188 police officers will be using cameras in the north and central county precincts, as well as in Jennings and Dellwood.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2014

St. Louis Chief Seeks Body Cameras, Plans to Establish Deadly Force Investigation Unit

The department, Dotson said, will seek about $1 million from City Hall to outfit 900 officers with body cameras to record their interactions with civilians.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2014

Missouri Trooper Not Charged in Drowning

A special prosecutor said Monday that she wouldn't criminally charge the Missouri state trooper who handcuffed 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson before he drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks while being transported by boat.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2014

Video: Missouri Officer Survives Shot to His Gun Belt

A St. Louis County police officer survived after being shot in his gun belt by a fleeing suspect.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2014

Feds to Investigate Ferguson PD Over Civil Rights Allegations

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. this week will launch a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department, according to two federal law enforcement officials.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2014

Ferguson Police Begin Using Body-worn Cameras

Ferguson Police are now wearing 50 donated body camera, expecting to outfit all of their patrol officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2014

Missouri Police Sued for $40 Million Over Actions in Ferguson Protests

A group of people caught up in unrest in Ferguson, Mo., after a white officer killed a black teenager, sued local officials on Thursday, alleging civil rights violations through arrests and police assaults with rubber bullets and tear gas.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2014

Police Scale Back in Ferguson, But Issues Not Resolved

Police are scaling back their presence in Ferguson, Mo. But that doesn't mean their jobs are done.

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