Mike Willams’ Local Cop News: August 24, 2007

August 24, 2007 03:46 AM •

Las Vegas: Two Metro officers are facing a coroner’s jury Thursday for the shooting death of a woman in Las Vegas. The coroner says the woman, who was pregnant, had drugs in her system at the time of the shooting.

Utah: Shootings by officers are rising. 10 suspects have been killed this year - an increase of 150 percent over all of last year

Chicago: Fatal police shooting raises questions.

Oklahoma: Public due more information on Noble police shooting. The lingering pain from the Noble police shooting accident that killed a 5-year-old boy more than two weeks ago remains numbing for family and friends of all involved.

Connecticut: Police prep for ‘active shooter’.

Louisiana: Bossier sheriff to release more details this afternoon about deputy-involved shooting.

Canada: Police shoot man in case of mistaken identity.

Kansas City: Police foot chase ends in downtown shooting.

Pennsylvania: Trooper at Amish shooting urges better plans for barricade events.

Oklahoma: Jenks campus police are in some unique company. Right now it’s the only campus police force in the state to go through advanced firearm training at the U.S. Shooting Academy.

Illinois: Reporter takes on ‘active’ role in police training scenario.

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Mike Williams, TeamOne Network

Mike Williams is the Assistant Chief of the Chattanooga TN police department and a 33 year law enforcement veteran. He was a SWAT officer for more than 25 years and teaches Tactical Team Commanders Courses for Team One Network www.teamonenetwork.com Asst. Chief Williams is a member of the IALEFI Board of Directors (www.ialefi.com ) and is chairman of the editorial committee. He also produces the daily Police Related News electronic newsletter which goes out to over 2,000 police officers in the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa on a daily basis and the weekly IALEFI newsletter.