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House of Representatives Passes Federal “Blue Lives Matter” Bill

With surprisingly little notice, on May 16 by a huge margin, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect and Serve Act (H.R. 5698), which would create new federal penalties for anyone who knowingly causes “serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, or attempts to do so.” The measure cleared on a 382-35 vote,

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Report: Police Killings on the Rise

A report from KilledByPolice.net, a website that tracks police killings, indicates that the number of such killings is up as compared to last year. According to the site, police have killed 884 people as of September 26, 2017. Over the same period in 2016, police had killed 867 people. The slight rise in police related

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Research Needed: Do Drug Dogs Respond to Drugs or Handler?

The use of drug-detecting dogs in law enforcement is ubiquitous across the country. They are a popular tool among police agencies because a drug dog’s “alert” provides the probable cause necessary to legally search a vehicle without a warrant or permission. But are these alerts a response to the smell of illegal drugs or a

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What Is the Number One Duty of a Police Officer?

There is an oft-quoted and deeply ingrained sentiment in police circles, one whose logic seems unassailable at first glance: The number one duty of a police officer is to go home to his or her family at the end of the shift. This feels right. Police operate in a dangerous world of unknowns. They are

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DOJ Rolls Back Obama Program Aimed at Fixing Police Problems

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Sept. 15 that, effective immediately, it is making significant changes in a program launched six years ago to investigate and issue reports of problems in some local police agencies. The Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA), part of DOJ’s Office of Community Policing Services, was launched

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