Tag: Anti-Police Sentiment: Page 11

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NYPD Ranks Thinning Out at Alarming Rate

As of Tuesday, 2,171 cops have left the department in 2020. That’s a 72% increase from the 1,262 who left during the same period of 2019.

October 9, 2020

Command

Major Cities Struggling to Hire Police Chiefs

Eighteen chiefs from major cities have resigned, retired, been pushed out or fired since protests and increased calls for police accountability and reform began after George Floyd’s death in May.

October 9, 2020

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Decision to Not Charge WI Officer In Fatal Shooting Sparks Protests

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday that it would not charge Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah in the death of 17-year-old Alvin Cole in February.

October 8, 2020

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Virginia Officers Arrest Man for Attempted Arson at Police Department

Officers with the Fredericksburg (VA) Police Department have arrested a man suspected to have lit at least two fires outside of local police departments last May.

October 8, 2020

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California Hackers Hijack Road-Side Sign With Anti-Police Message

Computer hackers in California's Silicon Valley hijacked an electric road sign to display an anti-police message for passing motorists.

October 7, 2020

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Pennsylvania Department Struggling to Put Even One Officer on Shift

The Colwyn (PA) Police Department has had significant attrition due to early retirements of officers, placing the agency in a spot where they may only have one officer on duty per shift in a community of 2,600 residents.

October 6, 2020

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Milwaukee Police Department Searches for New Leader

The Milwaukee Police Department—enduring a variety of challenges including public unrest and personnel under-staffing—now must look into a change in leadership at the highest level.

October 5, 2020

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Dallas Police HQ Vandalized with Red Hand-Prints

Investigators with the Dallas Police Department are looking into an act of vandalism that left a number of red handprints on the outside walls of the agency's downtown headquarters building as well as the office space of the Dallas Police Association on Thursday night.

October 2, 2020

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Officer Involved in 2018 Fatal Shooting of Security Guard Won't Be Charged

Illinois Prosecutors have determined that they will not file criminal charges against the officer with the Midlothian Police Department who fatally shot Jemel Roberson—who was working outside of a south suburban nightclub in 2018.

October 2, 2020

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Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings Released

"We knocked on the door, said 'police,' waited I don’t know 10 or 15 seconds. Knocked again, said 'police,' waited even longer,” Louisville police Lt. Shawn Hoover said in an interview recorded March 13, the same date Taylor was shot, and later played for the grand jury.

October 2, 2020

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Kentucky Officer Shot During Protests Returns to Duty

An officer with the Louisville Police Department who was shot during riots following the grand jury ruling in the death of Breonna Taylor last week has returned to duty.

October 1, 2020

Command

Assaults on LAPD Officers Up 156% Over Last Year, Chief Says

During a meeting with the city's civilian-led Police Commission, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said there were 282 felony assaults against his officers this year, compared with 110 in the same period last year, figures he called "troubling."

September 30, 2020