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Oregon
News
Meet Portland State's new police chief: 'We are guardians, not
suppressors'

The Oregonian
Tanksley joined Portland State last month after spending three
years as assistant chief at Western Washington University in Bellingham.
Prior to that, he'd spent 21 years with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police
Department, where he'd risen to the rank of lieutenant, and a combined 22
years in the U.S. Navy and its reserve forces before transitioning to the
U.S. Air National Guard in Missouri.
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Local
law enforcement officials continue evaluating body cameras
Gazette Times
The
55 body-worn cameras the Corvallis Police Department purchased 18 months
ago remain on the shelf.
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Warrenton
police begin carrying overdose kits
Daily Astorian
The
Warrenton Police Department has become the first police agency in Clatsop
County to start equipping officers with opioid overdose kits.
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OSP
Testing Drones to Help Investigate Crashes
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Oregon State Police are working on a new way to clear crash
scenes faster. Normally, it takes anywhere from 45 minutes to two
hours for investigators to collect all the evidence they need at serious
crash scenes.
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WPD honors 2016-17 accomplishments with awards
Woodburn Independent
The Woodburn Police Department honored 16 people for service,
lifesaving and appreciation awards acknowledging 2017 events at the Jan. 8
city council meeting.
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National
News
Sessions
ending federal policy that let legal pot flourish
AP News
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an
Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in
states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use
just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in
California.
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Bill
would address cops' mental health
South Bend Tribune
South Bend police patrolman James Burns is one of several area
cops praising the recent work of Indiana's two U.S. senators to improve
mental health care for officers.
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FBI
chief calls encryption a 'major public safety issue'
The Washington Post
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray on Tuesday renewed a call for
tech companies to help law enforcement officials gain access to encrypted
smartphones, describing it as a "major public safety issue."
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Cleveland teens aim to become police officers with help of new
pipeline program
Cleveland
Rasheeda Ivory wants people Cleveland residents see police
officers the way she sees her father. The 17-year-old Martin Luther King
Jr. High School student hopes one day she'll show them by wearing a uniform
and a badge herself.
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Detroit
cops leap on to speeding cars in fascinating footage from the dawn of the
automobile in 1918
Daily Mail
Racing along on a motorcycle before jumping on top of a speeding
car sounds like something from a Bond movie - but a clip from 100 years ago
shows that early police forces did just that.
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New
Technology Is Turning Wrong-Way Drivers Around
Officer
While vehicle crash deaths in the United States have declined in
the past decade, wrong-way crashes have maintained their deadly toll.
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Michigan State Police community program seeks faith leaders
Chron
Michigan
State Police officials are seeking leaders from all faiths for a program
aimed at fostering trust and improving public safety.
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Boy
with terminal cancer named Dallas police chief for a day
CBS News
Dallas police officers recently
swarmed an apartment complex on in Dallas northwest side. But there was no
crime committed at the scene -- just a villain, and sadly, a victim.
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Official: Florida Anti-Trafficking Efforts Model for US
US News
A human trafficking task force operating in Florida could be a
national model because it focuses on more than just investigation and
prosecution, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told the group
Thursday.
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Pinellas deputy stops woman from jumping off Sunshine Skyway
bridge
Tampa Bay Times
Pinellas sheriff's Deputy Damon Laney was driving north over
the Sunshine Skyway bridge Tuesday night when he came upon a grim but
familiar scene:
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