Stacie Alvey, intelligence research specialist with the ATF, provides members of the local media a demonstration of 3-D and 4-D ballistic evidence imaging inside the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) Mobile Unit Thursday. (Photo by Scott McCloskey)
“He came with the intention to take over as President of the Republic,” Haitian National Police Director General Leon Charles said of Sanon in a press conference on Sunday. He was also the first person one of the alleged men involved in the killing of President Jovenel Moise called after the attack, Charles said.
But Sanon has insisted on his innocence, according to a source close to the investigation who cannot be named because they are not authorized to discuss the affair.
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SAGINAW, MI — The Saginaw Police Department is hosting its third installment in a series of summer “front porch roll calls.”
The roll call is taking place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, at 803 N. Michigan Ave. on the city’s West Side.
Citizens who attend are encouraged to meet and interact with the police officers who patrol their neighborhoods. Residents can ask questions, share perspectives, and voice concerns.
Saginaw Police Chief Robert M. Ruth previously told MLive these “front porch roll calls” are tools to engage the community and get input from the citizenry.
Officers will also be
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The examples are devastating, sometimes deadly, and certainly familiar.
Patrick Warren Sr. was killed by a police officer in Texas earlier this year, after his family phoned for psychiatric help. In Salt Lake City last fall, Linden Cameron, a teenager with autism, was shot multiple times by police responding to a 911 call from the boy’s mom. The teen survived.
Walter Wallace Jr. did not. He was mentally ill and in crisis in Pennsylvania last October when, a family attorney says, his brother called 911: “They were sent into a situation ill-prepared. They didn’t have the training and
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HONG KONG — Israel-based web host Wix pulled a Hong Kong democracy website from its servers following a takedown request by the Chinese financial hub’s police, a decision the company said Friday was “a mistake.”
The firm later reversed the decision and reinstated the site. However, the removal is the first known case of Hong Kong police using a sweeping new national security law to demand overseas websites censor content.
Nathan Law, a former student leader and Hong Kong legislator who fled to Britain last year, tweeted on Thursday that Wix had removed www.2021HKCharter.com, a website set up by
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LONDON (AP) — A Hong Kong pro-democracy website was temporarily taken down after police warned the Israel-based hosting company that it breached a national security law, highlighting concerns about actions by authorities in the Chinese city to muzzle online dissent abroad.
Nathan Law, a Hong Kong opposition leader based in the U.K., tweeted Thursday that the hosting company, Wix.com, received a request from the Hong Kong police department to disable the 2021 Hong Kong Charter website.
He posted screenshots of the police notice telling the hosting company the site contained messages “likely to constitute offences endangering national security” and that
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Two people entered the Natural Wonders Dispensary on March 8, emptied the cash register and took money and jars of cannabis from the store’s safe. According to a detective’s affidavit, the thieves made off with about $8,000 in cash from the Southeast Portland dispensary.
Soon after the robbery, a block away, a silver Volkswagen blew through a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle. A detective who happened to witness the accident saw three people jump out of the Volkswagen and run. Responding officers set up a perimeter and called in a K9 team, but never found the people who
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CONCORD, Calif. – The Concord Police Department is hosting two more virtual meetings with residents of various neighborhoods to give the public information and answer questions about its proposal to use drones.
City officials say public safety agencies across the country have successfully used small, remotely operated drones to efficiently enhance their first-responder services.
“Several first-responder agencies in Contra Costa County have proven (drone) programs in place, and the Concord Police Department is looking forward to hearing from community members as the department explores the (option),” city officials said in a statement.
On Monday, from 6 p.m. to 7:30
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TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Troy police responded to a 911 call at around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Police say the caller reported that an adult was acting erratically and seemed to be having a mental health crisis.
When police arrived on the scene, they say the individual in question barricaded themself in an empty residence.
A trained crisis negotiator, the patrol supervisor arranged for the Fire Department and Mobile Crisis to be on hand at a safe distance in case medical or mental health treatment was required.
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13.05.2021: VNC Automotive predicts explosion of technology integration for police and first responder vehicles
New systems will allow more effective policing and emergency management
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VNC Automotive predicts explosion of technology integration for police and first responder vehicles
New systems will allow more effective policing and emergency management
Augmented reality, drone and robotic device integration will form integrated command centres in vehicles for first responders.
Police and first responder vehicles are set to undergo a technology revolution, that will include augmented reality, mobile surveillance and remote device control according to
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A jury convicted two American friends Wednesday in the 2019 slaying of a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small time drug deal gone bad, sentencing them to the maximum life in prison.
The jury of two judges and six civilians deliberated more than 12 hours before delivering the verdicts against Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, handing them Italy’s stiffest sentence.
Elder and Natale-Hjorth were found guilty of all charges: homicide, attempted extortion, assault, resisting a public official and carrying an attack-style knife without just cause. There was a gasp in the Rome courtroom as
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