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Mark Duggan death: Armed police to wear video cameras
Firearms officers are to wear video cameras in an attempt to be "more open" following the death of Mark Duggan, the Met Police Commissioner has said. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe admitted the force must "do more to build trust" after an inquest jury found the 29-year-old was lawfully killed. Mr Duggan was shot dead by police in August 2011 in Tottenham, north London. Sir Bernard will meet community leaders in Haringey to discuss how "confidence" in the Met can be improved.
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Venezuelan minister targets police corruption
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez publicly gives out his phone number, urging officers to report corrupt superiors.
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City Of London Police Cannot Seize Domains Just Because Hollywood Says The Websites Are Infringers
Last fall, we noted that the City of London Police, who had just set up a special "intellectual property crime unit" which appeared to be taking orders directly from Hollywood, had issued bizarre orders to registrars, based on no court order or ruling, that they hand over domain names to the police, point them to a splash page that advertised Hollywood-approved businesses, and block the transfer of those domains to anyone else.
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Grisly Details In Two Separate Chicago Police Torture Scandals Emerge
The grisly details that have emerged in two separate Chicago Police Department torture scandals this week are decidedly not a good look for a police department focused on police legitimacy.
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2450 days in prison for a murder he didn't commit
Douglas Jensen wrongly spent almost seven years in jail for murdering his father, and he's still fighting for justice.
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The troubling case of the “cannibal cop”
When do awful thoughts, shared with complete strangers, become criminal actions? The troubling casein every directionof the cannibal cop.
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Man shot dead in cinema texting row
A retired police officer shot dead a fellow cinema-goer in Florida in an argument over texting, police say. Ex-officer Curtis Reeves, 71, opened fire after asking a man sitting directly in front of him to stop texting several times, a Pasco County Sheriff spokesman said.
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Rape victim awarded $150,000 after police and youth program forced her to say she lied
A woman won a $150,000 settlement from city officials in Lynnwood, Washington for being forced to say she lied about being raped, KIRO-TV reported on Wednesday.
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Teen killed after shooting several people, including 2 ATF agents, police say
A teen was shot and killed Thursday night in Oklahoma after shooting several people, including two ATF agents, police said. All the victims shot by the 19-year-old are expected to survive, police said. The teen, identified as Henry Jackson, was killed at 9:30 p.m. Thursday after going on a two-day crime spree, said Sgt. Ryan Hunnicutt of the Ardmore Police Department.
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Insight: Battle over police pensions in U.S. cities takes ugly turn
A drive by some American cities to cut costly police retirement benefits has led to an extraordinary face-off between local politicians and the law enforcement officers who work for them.
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Kiev frontline brutality: RT reporter films police beating protesters on ground
Broken barricades, rubber bullets and raging street battles in the heart of Kiev; RT’s Peter Oliver captured a brutal police beating on film after getting swept up in the crowds being driven from Maidan Square.
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Italy issues 90 mafia arrest warrants, seizes pizza restaurants
Italian police on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for 90 suspected members of a Naples mafia clan and seized assets worth millions of euros, including dozens of well-known pizza restaurants in Rome. One suspect, a 42-year-old Roman man charged with extortion, killed himself by jumping off his fourth-floor balcony when police arrived at his home to arrest him, police said.
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Stop-and-Frisk: Protection or Discrimination?
In an effort to reduce crime and gun violence in NYC, police officers may stop, question, and frisk anyone who they deem reasonably suspicious.
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EU has secret plan for police to 'remote stop' cars - Telegraph
The EU is developing a secret plan to give the police the power to control cars by switching the engine off remotely
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EU has secret plan for police to 'remote stop' cars
The EU is developing a secret plan to give the police the power to control cars by switching the engine off remotely
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De Blasio Says New York Will Settle Suit Over Stop-and-Frisk
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday that New York City had reached an agreement with civil rights lawyers who had challenged the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices, which would allow the sweeping reforms ordered by a federal judge last summer to be carried out.
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11 Things You Didn't Know About Cop Cars
For most people, cop cars bring to mind rolling speed traps, civilian safety, and a place where your taxes go. For others, they represent the vinyl-clad, lexan-encased beginnings of a judicially enforced time-out after a night of overindulgence. In reality, there are lots of other things that you probably didn't know about cop cars; here are 11 of them.
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Worst police sketch of all time manages to lead to arrest
A police sketch dubbed the ‘worst ever’ has amazingly led to an arrest. Glenn Rundles from Paris, Texas was arrested on Tuesday after a patrolman from the local sheriff’s department claimed he recognised the man from the cartoon-like depiction. Lamar County Sheriff’s Department had released the picture last week in the hope of tracking down the mugging suspect and it received lots of publicity… but for all the wrong reasons.
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Police sergeant quits after he is reprimanded for making officers eat 15 burgers or doughnuts
A police sergeant in Japan has resigned his post after he was reprimanded for forcing subordinates to binge on 15 hamburgers at a time to 'toughen them up'. The unidentified traffic sergeant, 40, is believed to have stepped down from his position in the western city of Osaka on Christmas Day.
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Police carry special drug to reverse heroin overdoses
A drug that is highly successful in reversing heroin overdoses is being carried by some police agencies as a way to give quicker treatment before paramedics arrive
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