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• Seattle City Council proposes police layoffs but can't defund by 50% yet, members say

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  Council members say bargaining with the Seattle Police Officers Guild will delay layoffs until November

• Mike Pence tends to 2 injured Pa. cops after motorcade hit by dump truck

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  Both officers were on motorcycles escorting the vice president's motorcade and sustained non-life-threatening injuries

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  Police recruitment and retention woes are increasing – here’s how your agency can respond

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  Policing during a pandemic calls for workforce management systems that keep every officer in the know

• Oakland passes measure to block federal officers ahead of possible deployment

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  President Trump has said federal officers could be coming to Oakland as they're set to withdraw from Portland

• Police agencies pulling out of DNC security agreements

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  The decision comes after a recent city directive ordered police to stop using tear gas to control crowds

• Portland bans local police from working with feds, targeting legal observers during protests

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  City officials unanimously voted to approve the policies, calling them necessary as President Trump has refused to remove federal officers from the city

• Video: Calif. congresswoman monitors LEOs conducting traffic stop

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  Congresswoman Maxine Waters pulled over to check on a black man who was being detained by sheriff's deputies

• Ore. governor sends police after GOP senators who fled Capitol

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  Oregon State Police can force any senators they track down in Oregon into a patrol car to return them to the Capitol

• Seattle police cite biased city council, lack of support in exit interviews

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  Many officers are leaving the department because of political and community issues in the city

• 5 things American police can expect from President Donald Trump

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  Even the deep-in-the-weeds political analysts are befuddled at the outcome of this election, so it’s no small thing to offer predictions, but let’s give it a shot

• Clinton v. Comey is not yet a SCOTUS case, but who knows what the future holds?

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  Regardless of the outcome of the election on Tuesday, it’s not difficult to imagine legal proceedings being filed

• Up in smoke: 9 states have legal marijuana initiatives on the November ballot

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  Popular vote could legalize marijuana in nine more states

• Ga. authorities embrace controversial 'In God We Trust' decals

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  The movement was spurred by confrontations nationwide between police and civilians

• Baltimore mayor says she will not seek re-election

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  She said the city needed to get through the trials of the six police officers charged in Gray's death