Calif. sheriff’s deputies saddle up for third annual rodeo

Sheriff’s offices from across California came to compete in the Sacramento County event, which featured bull riding, mutton busting and roping alongside LE-only competitions

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City council pauses LAPD’s license plate reader pilot program

The council’s decision pauses a program that would have installed ALPR cameras on city streetlights, sending the pilot to the public safety committee for consideration

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Video: Armed man fires 130+ rounds in hourlong standoff with Nev. police before fatal OIS

Body camera footage shows the man firing at officers, an air unit, bystanders and structures for about an hour before two SWAT officers shot him

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BWC: Suspect points gun at Ore. officers, leading to OIS that fatally wounded K-9

Portland Police K-9 Kylo had brought the homicide suspect to the ground before he pointed a gun at officers; officers fired shots, killing the man and gravely injuring Kylo

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DOJ sues Denver over mask ban for ICE agents

The Trump administration signaled DOJ attorneys will argue the law violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which states that federal laws override state and local laws

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Former Ind. officer featured on ‘Live PD’ accused of sending threatening messages to current officers

Former Lawrence Police officer Stuart Bishop is being held on a requested charge of felony intimidation for allegedly sending “targeted,” threatening messages to current officers

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BWC: Man pulls gun from vehicle, points it at Mass. officer before fatal OIS

As Cambridge Police officers instructed a man to exit his vehicle, he reached under his seat, pulled out a handgun and pointed it at an officer

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CHP officer visits TV, radio stations to share a public safety message — in the form of rap lyrics

“Serve the people of this state. That’s the ultimate goal. Truly yours, the California Highway Patrol!” Officer Anthony Talavera rapped during a TV news appearance

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Federal authorities arrest man accused of plotting attack on Mall of America

Federal authorities on Tuesday arrested Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, on one count of obtaining a firearm to carry out an act of terrorism

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Wash. man uses handcuffs to hot-wire cruiser window, escape from backseat

The suspect moved his cuffed hands to the front and pried the Thurston County cruiser’s door panel off; he used the cuffs to short out the window switch, which rolled the window down

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‘Somebody’s gonna die tonight’: Man fires round at Idaho officers before fatal OIS

“I’m going to come up there … and I’m going to shoot you,” the man can be heard telling Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies

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SCOTUS declines to hear ex-Okla. officer’s appeal, leaving her without qualified immunity in 2016 OIS suit

Former Tulsa Police officer Betty Shelby was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, but faces a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by his family

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BWC: Man points replica gun at Mich. officers before fatal OIS

Body camera video shows the man immediately pointing the replica gun at his own head; as Lansing officers tried to de-escalate, the man ran and pointed it at officers

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Judge dismisses suit against Wis. officers in 2022 shooting of armed suspect who fled traffic stop

Video shows the suspect dropped a gun when he fell while running from officers, then picked it up before they fired; the judge ruled the shooting was objectively reasonable

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Mo. officer who says she meant to use TASER agrees to license probation 7 years after shooting

Former Ladue Police officer Julia Crews has maintained that she believed she had her TASER in her hand when she fired a shot into the back of a fleeing shoplifting suspect

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