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Video: Ala. sheriff’s office hosts youth academy, shows teens inner workings of PD, jail

“It’s giving them a glimpse of why we do what we do, but then we let them do some hands-on stuff to understand how we do it,” MCSO spokesman Mike Swafford stated

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‘Ensuring public’s trust’: N.M. PD’s spokesman emphasizes fast, transparent communications

Director of Communications Gilbert Gallegos says fast responses and consistency are priorities crucial for building trust with community members and the media

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Incoming Alaska police chief wants to focus less on arrests, more on community relations

“That work includes a responsibility to…listen, and to take actions that demonstrate a commitment to safety, healing, and justice,” Anchorage Mayor-elect Suzanne LaFrance said

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BWC: Victim flags down Chicago officers before being stabbed, leading to fatal OIS of attacker

Security footage captured a suspect pushing a man to the ground before stabbing him repeatedly; officers shot at the suspect, fatally striking him

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BWC: Dallas officers rescue hostage, attempt to de-escalate before fatal OIS of armed man

After nearly an hour of speaking with the suspect and using less lethal devices, the man charged at officers with a knife, leading to the shooting

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Recruit mentored by slain NYPD officer receives badge from his widow

Years before slain NYPD cop Rafael Ramos joined the department, he was an SRO trying to keep young kids out of trouble; one of those students is now an officer himself

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BWC: Woman runs at Tenn. LEOs with knife, continues to reach for it after being shot, leading to fatal OIS

After the woman fell to the ground, the officers pleaded with her to stay down and show her hands; the woman instead retrieved the knife and began to stand up

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N.C. officer dies by suicide while on duty

Brent Simpson served in the Navy as an operation specialist with the Military Police before starting work as a K-9 officer at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in 2006

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BWC: Suspect fires shots at Colo. officers through windshield of parked car before fatal OIS

Pueblo Police Department officers returned fire after a suspect ignored instructions to raise his hands and fired several shots

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Video: Texas officer fires through windshield after fleeing suspect shoots at cruiser during pursuit

Cedar Hill Police pursued the suspect down a freeway; the man opened the driver’s side door and fired at least one shot at the officers while continuing to flee

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BWC video shows teen point replica gun at N.Y. officers before fatal OIS

Utica PD officers stopped two teens because they matched descriptions of robbery suspects; one attempted to flee before producing a replica gun and pointing it at officers

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Pursuit video: Fleeing suspect tased on freeway after attempting to carjack vehicle

The suspect fled a White Settlement Police Department traffic stop in a vehicle, ran away on foot and attempted to carjack a truck before his eventual arrest

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Suspected drunk driver who killed off-duty NYPD officer should ‘rot in hell,’ mother-in-law says

Officer Emilia Rennhack, who was married to an NYPD detective, and three other people were killed when the driver crashed into a nail salon

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Mass. police officer seeks age waiver to take fire department test

A Haverhill officer is one of two people challenging a maximum age requirement in a civil service test

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Vigilante fake NYPD cop pepper-sprays Manhattan tourist subway fare evader

“I’m a real cop conducting an operation,” the man insisted; he then got on his phone and said he was making a “collar” for theft of service, the charge that covers fare evasion

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