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Newsby Edited by StaffMarch 4, 2019

CA Supreme Court Rules Pension Benefits Can be Reduced, But Pensions Are Protected

In a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Tani-Cantil Sakauye, the court upheld California’s 2012 repeal of the “air time” benefit that allowed state workers to buy credits toward retirement service.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2019

Video: Oklahoma Citizens, Police Work Together to Save Suicidal Man's Life

The Tulsa (OK) Police Department posted dramatic body camera footage to its Facebook page over the weekend, showing officers coming to the aid of citizens already hanging onto a man who had attempted to jump from a freeway overpass.

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Newsby Edited by StaffMarch 4, 2019

Stephon Clark Activists Want CA Attorney General to Charge Officers

The Rev. Shane Harris, president of the People’s Alliance for Justice and a representative of Clark’s girlfriend and their two young children, plans to deliver a letter to Becerra’s staff at his I Street offices downtown and hold a news conference afterward in the latest effort to generate pressure over the issue.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithMarch 4, 2019

Was the Stephon Clark Shooting a "Suicide by Cop?"

The night before the fatal officer-involved shooting, Clark reportedly started searching the Internet for "easiest ways to kill yourself." He also sent a text to his girlfriend that included a photo of 10 pills in his hand and the message: "Let's fix our family or I'm taking all of these."

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Newsby Edited by StaffMarch 4, 2019

Sacramento DA Rules Stephon Clark Shooting Justified

Schubert said the officers who shot Clark believed he was armed with a gun when they confronted him in a Meadowview backyard March 18, 2018. The pair had received a call of someone breaking car windows. They confronted Clark, who was 22, and chased him into a backyard. Video showed Clark advancing toward the officers. One officer said he believed he saw a muzzle flash at them.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieMarch 1, 2019

Free Speech, Violent Threats, and Learning from a Misguided Professor

Professor Joshua Clover—who teaches English and comparative literature at University of California at Davis, and according to his official bio, specializes in Marxism and "the end of capitalism"—said in an interview published in early 2016, "People think that cops need to be reformed. They need to be killed."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2019

Rural Washington Department Launches Online Crime Reporting System

Residents of a small Washington town on the Columbia River now have a new way to report crimes to their local police agency—an online reporting system that goes live on March 1, 2019.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2019

Utah Agency Faces Decertification Amid Misconduct Allegations

The Brigham Young University Police Department is facing decertification after failing to investigate alleged misconduct by one of its officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2019

Iowa Department Seeks to Add School Resource Officers

The Dubuque Police Department has just five SROs to protect the 19 schools in the district, so they want to add three more.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2019

Offender Writes Heartfelt Handwritten Note to California Officers

The Santa Cruz (CA) Police Department posted an image to Facebook of a handwritten note it received from an individual that agency had previously arrested for undisclosed crimes.

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