Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City police union is pushing for an increasingly armed and armored police force after last week's shooting in Dallas left five officers dead. In a publicly released letter, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 123 asked the city department Wednesday to allow officers to carry personal rifles on duty […]
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K-9 death: Ex-deputy pleads guilty to animal cruelty
Associated Press RAYVILLE, La. — A former Louisiana sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and lying on a police report in the death of his K-9 partner, Deputy Duke. The dog died of heat exposure after being left in the deputy's patrol car. The News-Star reports that John Cummings must pay full restitution […]
2 dead in St. Louis shooting; responding officer injured
Associated Press ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend then wounding a police officer in subsequent gunfire. Police Chief Sam Dotson said the gunfire erupted late Wednesday after a confrontation on the porch of a St. Louis home. Police said in a […]