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N.J. issues new rules regarding uses of force on suspects in mental health crisis

The revisions come after more than a year of study and discussions with LE agencies across the country, community support groups and mental health experts

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Judge rules Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend caused her death, dismisses some charges against ex-officers

The judge’s ruling declared that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired a shot at police the night of the raid, were the legal cause of her death, not a bad warrant

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Video: Woman bites Mich. trooper, slips out of handcuffs, steals cruiser

The woman was arrested after leading Mich. State Police officers on a high-speed pursuit in the cruiser and crashing into a swamp

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Ill. officer injured, K-9 killed in shooting

Alton Police Department Officer Allen Averbeck was treated at a hospital and is expected to recover; K-9 Odin was taken to an animal hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries

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Mich. State Police trooper to stand trial on murder charge in death of man struck by unmarked vehicle

Trooper Brian Keely was charged with second-degree murder after video showed him striking a fleeing suspect with an unmarked cruiser, pinning him to a wall

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LE agencies in Texas, Wash. add cowboy flare to uniforms with customized boots, hats

The White Settlement Police Department in Texas introduced customized western boots, while Washington’s Pierce County Sheriff’s Department added cowboy hats

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Okla. deputy faces charges for allegedly fabricating pursuit, OIS

Investigators could not find any evidence of a suspect ever being present during the alleged pursuit or shooting, according to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office

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Ga. deputy in critical condition after being shot in the head by suspect

Carroll County Investigator Taylor Bristow was shot while attempting to serve a warrant; he was taken to a hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery

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Body camera video shows Ky. officer use jiu-jitsu training to subdue suspect

“Even being on the bottom, [the officer] was in more control than the aggressor,” said Officer Adam Sears, who leads the Gracie Survival Tactics training for the LMPD

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Dashcam video shows pursuit of Wash. man fleeing in truck stolen from school district

Police spiked the truck’s tires and attempted a PIT maneuver during the pursuit; the suspect eventually stopped at a dead end and surrendered to Thurston County deputies

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Pro-Palestinian protesters charge at police near Chicago’s Israeli consulate on second night of DNC

“We have people who showed up here to commit acts of violence. They wanted chaos,” said Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling

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Video: Suspected car thief pins NYPD community response officer to car, flees on rooftops before arrest

“Your Community Response Team officers would not let him get away after he tried to kill one of their own,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry

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Video: Suspect on the run after firing at officers, crashes into convenience store before OIS

The man was pursued across several Colorado jurisdictions, firing at officers with several agencies along the way

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BWC: Calif. police arrest woman who hid in trunk after being accused of shoplifting

When Irvine Police Department officers searched the woman’s purse, they found at least $600 worth of stolen makeup and beauty products

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Georgia deputy killed in ambush shooting during domestic dispute call by suspect who took his own life

Deputy Brandon Cunningham, 30, had been with the Paulding County Sheriff’s office for just over four years and was the father of two

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