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Detroit officer killed in hit-and-run crash while driving home after shift

Officer Cameron Richardson, 32, a U.S. Army veteran, had been with the Detroit Police Department for a year, Police Chief Todd Bettison said

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Social Security Fairness Act signed into law, boosting retirement benefits for police, firefighters

The new law eliminates provisions that reduced benefits for retired police officers, firefighters, teachers and other public servants, offering retroactive and future payment increases

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BWC: Mich. police de-escalate armed standoff with knife-wielding man outside 7-Eleven

Warren Police Department officers deployed a TASER which caused the suspect, who was threatening bystanders, to drop both knives and fall to the ground

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Mo. motor officer busts driver for going 107 mph on highway while playing video game

After being pulled over, the driver told the Claycomo Police officer that he didn’t realize he was going that fast because he was playing an unidentified video game

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Photo: Snakes surprise deputies arresting driver on gun and drug charges

“It’s definitely not your typical traffic stop,” the Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 4 said

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San Diego officer returns to duty months after surviving crash that killed partner

Officer Zachary Martinez suffered life-threatening injuries in the high-speed collision that claimed Officer Austin Machitar’s life

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Mich. sheriff calls for lawmakers, judges to rethink early release policies

“We need accountability in a criminal justice system that … has run off the rails,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said

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Conn. officers nab ‘Grinch’ who broke into cars to steal credit cars

The man was caught on camera wearing Grinch pajamas as he used a stolen credit card

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Police: Man behind Cybertruck explosion wrote, ‘This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call’

Officials said they did not know why 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger chose Trump International as the location for the New Year’s Day blast

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S.C. sheriff charges mom of 13-year-old in K-9 killing

“She needs to be held accountable for not knowing where her 13-year-old was (the night of Bumi’s killing), and then also be held accountable for going and picking him up,” Sheriff Lott said

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LAPD: Man tries to ‘carjack’ self-driving Waymo taxi, is quickly arrested

Video from the scene shows officers approaching the Waymo vehicle with ballistic shields before opening the door and removing the man

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Video: N.M. police nab suspected car thief within minutes after deploying drone

Santa Fe Police used drone footage to locate the suspect and coordinate an arrest on foot within 15 minutes of the initial report

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Manhunt: Indiana State Police searching for man suspected of shooting deputy during traffic stop

An Orange County sheriff’s deputy was getting out of his cruiser when the suspect, identified as Austin Schepers, started shooting, Indiana State Police said

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Biden to award the Medal of Honor and Medal of Valor to military heroes and first responders

Medal of Valor recipients will include four Tenn. officers who responded to the Covenant School shooting and an officer who swam into frigid water to save a woman trapped in a vehicle

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Video: Security guard who struck bystanders while ‘pursuing a suspect’ points gun at cops before fatal OIS

Video shows that the suspect had earlier driven a black SUV outfitted with police-style lights in pursuit of an e-bike rider; he struck two bystanders and the bicyclist

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