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Dog Injures Missouri Detective During Arrest of Former Officer

A Pulaski County, Mo., detective is recovering after he was attacked by a dog during the arrest of a former police officer.

July 16, 2015

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Video: After Two Dozen Surgeries Missouri Officer with Flesh-Eating Disease Leaves Hospital

Lee's Summit (Mo.) Police Department Officer Josh Ward walked out of St. Luke's Hospital Monday morning via his own two feet. That was a miracle after he battled a flesh-eating bacteria that nearly killed him.

July 14, 2015

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Video: St. Louis Officer Ambushed in Car, Saved by Vest

A St. Louis police officer was shot early Tuesday morning in the Central West End. The shooting occured shortly before 5 a.m. on Maryland Avenue, between Kingshighway and N. Euclid. Authorities believe he was ambushed.

July 14, 2015

Training

Missouri Police Departments Required to Achieve Accreditation in New Law

A piece of the municipal court reform measure signed into law Thursday by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon establishes an accreditation process for police departments in St. Louis County.

July 13, 2015

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St. Louis Police Blame Judges, Prosecutors for Soaring Homicide Rate

The city’s soaring homicide numbers and climbing rate of other crimes have left police commanders scrambling for solutions — and pointing fingers.

July 9, 2015

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DOJ Report Slams Missouri Agencies' Response to Ferguson Protests

The report suggests that last year’s unrest was aggravated by long-standing community animosity toward Ferguson police, and by a failure of commanders to provide more details to the public after an officer killed Michael Brown.

June 30, 2015

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Video: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Hospitalizes Missouri Officer

Detective Josh Ward of the Lee's Summit (Mo.) Police Department is in critical condition suffering from a flesh-eating bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes.

April 21, 2015

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4 Journalists Arrested During Ferguson Protests Sue Police

Four journalists arrested during last summer's Ferguson protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown filed a federal lawsuit Monday against St. Louis County police and 20 of its officers, accusing them of violating the reporters' civil rights and unjustifiably detaining them.

March 31, 2015

Special Units

Missouri Officers Find Father, Children Dead After 23-Hour Apartment Standoff

Two children and an adult male were found dead when law enforcement made entry to a southwest Springfield, Mo., apartment Monday evening, ending a nearly 24-hour standoff situation, police said.

March 17, 2015

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Police Deny Excessive Force Claim by Ferguson Shooting Suspect's Lawyer

In addition, Christmas said the officers hit by gunfire were shot by accident, but would not say how he knows that if Williams was not the shooter. He said Williams did not fire a gun that night.

March 17, 2015

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Suspect Held in Ferguson Officer Shooting

A man who participated in a protest outside the Ferguson police station Wednesday night returned to the area and fired shots — possibly at someone other than police — that wounded two officers, authorities said Sunday.

March 16, 2015

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Ferguson Ambush Part of Disturbing Trend

The number of law enforcement officers shot to death in the line of duty rose more than 50% in 2014, NLEOMF said in a December report.

March 12, 2015