SDS: Police

This is a crazy story and one can only wonder why someone would do this: attention? money? Who knows, but this is a sad ...

A double shooting in Suitland early Thursday left one person dead, according to police in Prince George’s County, and detectives are trying to determine whether another shooting victim located nearby at about the same time was part of the same altercation. Police said they were called to the 2900 block of Victory Lane at 4:22 a.m. They found two men shot; one was pronounced dead on the scene. The second man was in critical condition on Thursday morning.
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I've been in this business for well over 15 years, and it never ceases to amaze me how many fellow officers I see approach vehicles from the driver's side on freeways, and tight roadways. I know that police academy training says approach from the driver's side generally, but I'm here to tell you, that's bs. You need to adapt to the situation and use some basic common sense.



I can remember one distinct situation when I backed up a friend on the freeway who had stopped someone for speeding. I remember sitting there and watching cars flying by him as he talked to the driver from the driver's side. One vehicle in particular came literally within inches of him. After talking to him about it, he shrugged it off like it was no big deal! All it would have taken was that driver to literally turn up their radio, and he could have been toast.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A judge has refused to release 911 calls and other evidence to the parents of a college football player who was shot and killed by police, saying they failed to include any firsthand account of what happened.

Danroy and Angella Henry of Easton, Mass., had requested access to any audio and video recordings relevant to the death of their son, Danroy Henry Jr.
Danroy Henry Sr. said he didn't consider the ruling a setback.
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A judge on Friday delayed the scheduled layoffs of more than 150 police officers in New Jersey's largest city for 10 days in a ruling he said was a difficult balancing act between public safety and fiscal responsibility.

Issued in a courtroom overflowing with police officers, state Superior Court Judge Kenneth Levy's decision was a qualified victory for the 167 officers who had faced losing their jobs at 5 p.m. Attorneys for the Fraternal Order of Police had sought a 45-day stay, while the city had sought to have the layoffs begin Friday.
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Over six months after 35,844 recruits were selected for the post of constables through the Transparent Recruitment Procedure approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the recruits are still awaiting the call for training.



The names of new recruits were announced on May 17.

The Uttar Pradesh Police Training Directorate, which has to train the biggest-ever batch in the nine-month schedule, now says the training will begin from December.
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