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Protesters Angered Over COVID Lockdown Clash with Police at OR State Capitol

Oregon State Police said protesters entered the Capitol, and at least one used "chemical agents" on officers.

December 22, 2020

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CA Agency Accused of Holding COVID Super-Spreader Event

A complaint filed this week with the Citizen Police Complaint Coalition centers on a large gathering of police officers Nov. 5 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

December 18, 2020

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CA Sheriff Defies Judge's Order to Release Violent Inmates Over COVID

Out of the inmates who are classified as medically vulnerable, 59 are in for murder, 39 for attempted murder, and 90 for child molestation and a litany of other crimes, Sheriff Don Barnes said.

December 16, 2020

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chief Tests Positive for COVID-19

CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings said he has been quarantining for several days at home after learning he had been exposed to the virus.

December 9, 2020

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Shop with a Cop and COVID

Shop with a Cop will surely be considerably more difficult to execute in 2020 than in any previous year. In fact, in many places, the annual celebration bringing cops and kids together for Christmas has been outright canceled.

December 1, 2020

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Starbucks is Giving Police, Other Frontline COVID Responders Free Coffee Throughout December

“It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities,” said Virginia Tenpenny, Starbucks vice president of global social impact. “We want to show our deep gratitude for those who support and protect us every day with a small gesture of kindness and a cup of coffee.”

December 1, 2020

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Pittsburgh's Budget Woes Could Result in 200 Officers Being Laid Off

Unless Pittsburgh receives at least $26 million in federal pandemic relief, city officials say they may need to cut 600 public employees, including as many as 200 police officers.

November 20, 2020

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Enforcement of COVID-19 Restrictions, Thanksgiving Gatherings, and Common Sense

In places like Oregon, the ominous prospect of police officers entering the private homes (without a warrant, I might add) to enforce restrictions on the number of people who may gather at the Thanksgiving table should make anyone with common sense shudder.

November 20, 2020

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NY Governor Slams Sheriffs for Refusing to Enforce 10-Person Holiday Gathering Limit

“I don’t believe as a law enforcement officer you have a right to pick and choose what laws you will enforce,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Wednesday during an Albany-based press conference.

November 19, 2020

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LAPD Union Refuses to Discuss Pay Cuts to Aid City's COVID Budget Strain

“The Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Police Protective League is unanimous in its belief that its members deserve every penny of compensation that our contract prescribes. Period,” league president Craig Lally wrote to the city’s head labor negotiator.

November 16, 2020

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Decorated Michigan Officer Who was Shot in 2008 Dies of COVID-19

In November 2008, Darnell was seriously injured during a shootout. He spent a month in the hospital recovering after he was shot in the face by a man who had driven from Florida to a DeWitt apartment complex to kill his estranged wife.

November 6, 2020

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The Year from Hell

We’ve never seen anything like 2020, and let’s hope and pray we never see it again.

October 23, 2020