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Officers followed the man as he fled on foot, instructing him to stop because he was being detained; the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at an occupied cruiser’s windshield
“We are extremely fortunate this suspect did not seriously injure or kill our officers, herself, her passenger or anyone else,” said Royal Oak Police Chief Michael Moore
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With the launch of the Mark43 system, NOPD moves to the national “incident-based” reporting system, or NIBRS, that the FBI has used since 2021
The girl jumped into the cold river as officers arrived; one officer swam about 20 feet to pull her to safety
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