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Conn. department sports 2016 Maserati for breast cancer

By PoliceOne Staff WESTPORT, Conn. — The Westport Police Department received a pink 2016 Maserati for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, according to a press release. The vehicle was donated by Maserati of Westport and the decal work was donated by Fleet Auto Supply. "We feel this is a unique way to show our commitment to an issue that affects us all, personally and professionally,” Chief …
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Conn. department sports 2016 Maserati for breast cancer

Photo: Va. trooper stops traffic to salute fallen deputy

By Katherine Hafner The Virginian-Pilot A photo of a Virginia state trooper who stopped traffic on Interstate 64 to salute a funeral procession for a fallen Virginia Beach sheriff's deputy has garnered more than 12,500 Facebook shares. (Facebook Image) Julie Armstrong of Chesapeake on Tuesday afternoon. The funeral was for Joseph "J.J." DellaVecchio Jr., a longtime member of the Virginia …
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Photo: Va. trooper stops traffic to salute fallen deputy

Fugitive cop shooter dies in Ky. shootout after manhunt

Associated Press BURKESVILLE, Ky. — A fugitive accused of shooting a Tennessee police officer and firing at a Kentucky trooper was killed in a shootout with authorities early Friday, ending a nearly weeklong manhunt. Floyd Ray Cook, 62, was pronounced dead at the scene in south-central Kentucky after being confronted by state troopers and a federal marshal who were searching an embankment, Kentucky …
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Fugitive cop shooter dies in Ky. shootout after manhunt