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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2011

Mo. Cop Fired Over Excessive Force Fights for Job

While Chief Ken Burton didn't name the officer, Officer Rob Sanders issued a statement later saying he had been cleared by an internal probe and would fight the firing via an appeals process.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

St. Louis Police Recapture Jail Escapee Who Made Own Nunchucks

Pollard had escaped Friday after fighting off more than a dozen correctional officers with nunchucks.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonAugust 29, 2011

St. Louis Police Enlist Armored Truck for Drug Surveillance

The St. Louis PD's new armored car once transported hard currency. Now, the Ninth Division commander will deploy it to deliver information.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2011

Missouri Trooper, K-9 Swept Away by Flood Waters

Trooper Frederick Guthrie, 46, likely drowned Monday afternoon in Holt County. His patrol vehicle was found at the junction of Missouri 118 and Missouri 111. His K-9, Reed, has not been located.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2011

Missouri Sheriff Fires Deputy Running Against Him

A St. Louis (Mo.) Sheriff's deputy was fired, after Sheriff James Murphy saw a business card identifying him as a candidate for the city sheriff's agency. Deputy Vernon Betts received a letter dated July 6 stating that Betts was fired for violating a procedural order.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 3, 2011

Officer Who Responded to Joplin Tornado Dies from Lightning Injuries

Officer Jefferson "Jeff" Taylor, who was struck by lightning on Monday, May 23, while on tornado disaster response duty in Joplin, passed away at a hospital here on Friday. He was 31 years old. He worked for Riverside, a suburb on the north side of Kansas City.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2011

Mo. Officer Struck by Lightning In Medically Induced Coma

Riverside (Mo.) Police Officer Jeff Taylor has been induced into a medical coma in the intensive care unit of a Springfield, Mo., hospital, as he struggles to recover from being struck by lightning.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2011

Lightning Strikes Missouri Officer In Tornado Response

Lightning struck the area near where Officer Jeff Taylor, 31, was riding an ATV, after transporting a fire commander back to a command post. Officer Taylor was transported to a Springfield hospital and treated for burns and other injuries.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2011

Missouri Man Arrested at Army Base After 40-Mile Manhunt

A southwest Missouri man who once led a prison break led police on a 40-mile manhunt that included an interstate shootout, the shutdown of a Missouri college campus where he crashed his car and a failed effort to break into a military base.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2011

St. Louis Aims to Reclaim PD from State-Controlled Civil War Era

A Missouri bill that's on the verge of becoming law would give St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay oversight of a police department that's now controlled by a state commission set up during the Civil War.

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