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DHS to implement body camera policy for all agencies
The new policy would require agents to wear body cameras when they are responding to emergency calls, and carrying out planned arrests and search warrants
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FBI arrests Libyan operative charged in 1988 airline bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland
Libyan suspected of making bomb that downed airliner now in custody, being extradited to United States.
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San Francisco to allow police to deploy killer robots
The law gives law enforcement officers the ability to deploy robots with explosives to “contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspects” in extreme emergencies
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Texas Border patrol requests to change penal code to broaden arrest powers
Under the current law, CBP officials can only detain a person at official points of entry or permanent border patrol traffic checkpoints
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New York City’s Fire Department to be led by a woman for the first time in its history
Laura Kavanagh was promoted to the post of FDNY commissioner after assuming the role of acting commissioner of the department for the last eight months
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NY Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams announce plan to crackdown on subway crimes
The plan will add 10,000 extra hours of police patrolling the subways and preventing crime
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CBP officer dies in accidental shooting during training at Miami-Dade gun range
The officer, who was an instructor at the shooting range, was shot while doing a demonstration
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Suspected California serial killer arrested while on 'a mission to kill'
Police have not yet found a motive for the killings, but they believe it was intentional
Law Enforcement
At least a dozen cops from Connecticut to Mississippi were shot last week
"The spewing of anti-police rhetoric by some political and media figures as well as the failed policies of rogue prosecutor and judges are placing our officers in greater danger," the National Fraternal Order of Police tweeted on Thursday.
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Texas National Guard working on Operation Lone Star commits suicide
The suicide this week is the first suspected suicide linked to Operation Lone Star since December 2021 and the fifth suspected suicide since the mission started
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DEA finds 15,000 ‘rainbow’ fentanyl pills inside LEGO box in New York City
The pills had “30 M” imprinted on them to resemble 30 mg oxycodone hydrochloride pills, which are used to treat severe pain