‘Guardians of the night’ attract fans to 5K
Great turnout!
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One hundred and sixty-two runners showed up for Sheriff Leon Lott’s first 5K on Saturday morning — four of them police dogs.
The early-morning event raised an estimated $3,500 for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s K9 unit.
And though it was billed as a kickoff for Tuesday’s National Night Out, the race was really an opportunity to rally around the four-legged force.
Washington State Patrol wins award for DUI crackdown
The Washington State Patrol has been named by its peers as the top agency in North America when it comes to getting drunk drivers off the road, WSP announced Friday.
The award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police recognizes an agency’s “year-round efforts to detect and apprehend impaired drivers and to address impaired driving through policies, officer training, and public information and education.”
“We consider every DUI arrest a potential life saved,” said State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste in a press release. “We never know which drunks will kill, but we know with certainty that some of them will.”
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Officers Juanita Holmes and Vanessa Kight make her-story as top cops in Brooklyn precinct
Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes and Capt. Vanessa Kight are a crime-busting duo making NYPD her-story.
For the fist time in the annals of the 166-year-old police force, two black women are the top cops in command of a city precinct.
“When I got the call, I was really quite surprised to learn I was making history. I was just looking for someone to do the job,” Holmes said of Kight’s appointment. “I’m very grateful to have her.”
Dallas police hold benefit car wash for ailing colleague
Dallas Police officers are holding a benefit car wash Saturday to help out an ailing colleague.
The officer, Andrew Litz, has used all of his sick time and vacation time and has been going without a pay check, making him unable to support his wife and two small children.
Litz, a former Marine who served three combat tours in Iraq, believes that a traumatic brain injury he suffered in 2005 when a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in front of his Humvee is the source of his problems. Two other Marines in another Humvee died from shrapnel injuries.
For days after the explosion, Litz was in and out of consciousness and suffering from concussion. He eventually returned to active duty but continued have severe migraines, dizziness and confusion at times. He joined the Dallas police Department in 2006.
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State Police Celebrate Anniversary
Louisiana. They strive to keep each and every one of us safe everyday. And today they celebrated their 75 year history, at their headquarters in Baton Rouge.
The 28th is the day State Police was effectively created by then Governor Huey P. Long in 1936. It’s been 75 years full of challenges for the department, but they’ve always stood strong.
“We’ve got a colorful past. We’ve been involved in a lot of different things. What remains true here today is the integrity of why we wear this badge,” says State Police Superintendent, Colonel Mike Edmonson.
Integrity and the service of current, former, and fallen troopers were honored at Wednesday’s ceremony.
“State Police is responsible for developing me into the law enforcement man I am today. The discipline, the organizational skills, the experience,” explains St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz, who retired from State Police in 2005.
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SWAT officers graduate in Helena
Special Weapons & Tactics teams welcomed 31 new graduates to their ranks on Tuesday during a ceremony in Helena.
The officers completed their training at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, and it was the largest number of SWAT graduates to complete one course.
The newest members will go to their respective jurisdictions with the skills they learned over the past six days of training.
Eight new SWAT team members from Lewis & Clark County and Helena were pinned by their leaders, honoring them for their completion and future work.
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Police Officers Biking Across the State for Charity Ride
After riding 95 miles on their bicycles, participants of Cops Cycling for C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) stopped in Fort Wayne today. The event has been happening for seven years, but this is the first time they stopped in Fort Wayne.
Cops Cycling for C.O.P.S. is a charity bike ride that honors fallen police officers and their families. The ride started July 26 at Monument Circle in Indianapolis, and groups of 25 riders a day will circle the perimeter of Indiana. The nearly 1,000 mile bike ride will end August 3.
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Dog survives 40 minutes in the sea two miles out from shore before rescue
A two-year-old German shepherd is lucky to be alive after leaping into Jamaica Bay and wading in waters for 40 minutes before being rescued.
Irina Frid was reunited with her dog Charlie, after he was retrieved two miles off the coast of Brighton Beach by heroic harbour officers Benjamin Reiver and Edward Carr on Monday night.
Ms Frid, who watched the young pooch bob in the water in horror, said miraculously the dog was not injured.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019065/Dog-survives-40-minutes-sea-miles-shore-rescue.html#ixzz1TY3kSYJz
NYPD transit police are undercover, underground
Pickpockets beware: Transit police are planting decoy passengers along the rails.
Dressed like typical straphangers, the plainclothes officers even fake falling asleep like riders do, only to nab the thieves tempted to purloin their iPhones, BlackBerrys and other electronic devices.
Last week, the NYPD caught three men trying to pickpocket smartphones from undercover officers.
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A City Full of Charming Cops, Police Chief Promises
Police Chief, Greg Suhr, speaks at Cesar Chavez Elementary.
At a neighborhood meeting in the Bayview last weekend, Police Chief Greg Suhr and his PowerPoint presentation were shouted off the stage.
Last night’s community meeting in the Mission was a dramatic contrast. Nearly a hundred residents sat politely in the auditorium of Cesar Chavez Elementary, waiting for their chance to comment on the SFPD’s plan to develop citywide community policing standards.
“It’s been long overdue,” said the chief of his proposal to include a community policing policy in the SFPD’s general orders. The general orders are the “rule books” that all officers are bound to follow.
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