Law Enforcement News

• One year's journey: A veteran's path from new owner to expansion

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  For one former LE veteran, owning a business was nothing more than a pipe dream; here's how Signal 88 Security made it a reality for Roger Estrada

• 'It starts with us': Calif. agency's video series focuses on facilitating an open dialogue

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  The Tustin Police Department aims to address and improve community relations through the project

• Police: Teen, parents likely to face charges after party forced school to switch to remote learning

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  A Massachusetts school is delaying its hybrid in-person learning after a student hosted a party in violation of COVID-19 rules

• Police arrest boat pirating suspect on Mississippi River

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  A hooded man suspected of stealing a houseboat was apprehended along the river near Minneapolis, officials said

• Off-duty Wash. sheriff's deputy stops armed robbery

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  The deputy was able to get the knife-wielding man down on the ground until police arrived, a witness told investigators

• Photos: LA deputy shot in ambush takes call from Trump in hospital

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  Both wounded deputies were appreciative of the president’s call, the agency said

• Some rioters smash storefronts during Portland march

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  Demonstrators resumed Friday after taking more than a week-long break when the city was blanketed by heavy smoke from wildfires

• Fla. police captain and father of Patriots player dies in off-duty car crash

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  Running back James White was made inactive for Sunday night's game against the Seahawks after learning of the passing of his father, a veteran captain with the Miami-Dade Police Department

• Police: NJ man slashed tires of police cars, left profane notes

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  The man who was arrested Friday left notes on police vehicles that read, “F*** Police, F*** Trump, Vote Jesus,” officials said

• LEO Near Miss: Take full advantage of time before going hands-on

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  If given the option, always choose to slow things down until backup arrives

• Police: Alleged thief with hatchet attacks Texas cop

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  Photos from the patrol car's dashcam show the man raising a hatchet and drinking a bottle of liquor

• NY AG moves to expedite release of police bodycam footage

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  Attorney General Letitia James said her office “will be proactively releasing footage to the public on our own”

• Good Samaritans help Md. deputy assaulted at traffic stop

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  The deputy had lost consciousness when a passing motorist jumped in to help, police said

• Welfare check results in officer stabbed and suspect shot

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  The suspect's mother sued the officers and the department, arguing the officers precipitated the force by their approach to the welfare check

• How the #Walkthebridge movement is shining a light on police suicide

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  A 40-minute walk has successfully saved the lives of four individuals who had given up hope

• Ohio dispatch center trials 911 system that streams live video

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  Officials said the 911eye system will equip first responders with important details about a scene, such as the color of smoke or severity of a car crash

• Fired Philly cop faced retaliation after he supported BLM, lawsuit alleges

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  The former cop who was cleared of charges that he falsified records is suing to get his job back, saying officials were retaliating for his support of Black Lives Matter

• Baltimore police plainclothes units now in uniform, marked cars

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  Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said it was done to increase officers' visibility in the community

• 2 dead, 14 wounded in Rochester mass shooting

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  The victims at a house party ranged in age from their late teens to early 20s

• 195 homicides reported in St. Louis, surpassing all of 2019

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  St. Louis has seen a huge spike in shootings, both fatal and non-fatal, since June

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