Thursday, October 5, 2023

Gun buyback screwup

Toronto Police put the safety of a local resident in jeopardy when they tried to brag about the success of their gun buyback program online. (Toronto Sun)
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Hong Kong police fire tear gas, rubber bullets in clash over banned march

HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend. (The Province)

Thousands gather at funeral for slain Detective

They came by the thousands — officers from every police department in New Jersey, from Baltimore, Philadelphia and Delaware, among other states. The patrol vehicles lined Montgomery Street, their blue and red lights flashing, brightening what was a dark and dreary day in more ways than just the weather. (NJ.com)
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  • FBI discussed interviewing Michael Flynn ‘to get him to lie’ handwritten notes show

    Explosive new internal FBI documents unsealed Wednesday show that top bureau officials discussed their motivations for interviewing then-national security adviser Michael Flynn in the White House in January 2017 -- and openly questioned if their "goal" was "to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired."(Fox News)
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  • Calgary Police officer killed while conducting New Year’s traffic stop

    A Calgary Police Service officer was killed on New Year’s Eve when he was hit by the driver of a vehicle fleeing a traffic stop in the northeast community of Falconridge. (Calgary Herald)

    Mexico disarms Acapulco police force linked to cartels

    MEXICO CITY - Authorities in southern Mexico disarmed and placed under investigation the entire police force in the once-glittering resort of Acapulco on Tuesday, claiming the local cops were infiltrated by drug gangs. (CTV News)

    RCMP identify suspect in Sherwood Park explosions

    EDMONTON - “Out of character.” Those were the words a grieving family used Thursday to describe the actions of Kane Kosolowsky, the suspect linked to a pair of explosions in a Sherwood Park parkade earlier this week. (Edmonton Journal)
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    Man, 34, dead after Edmonton police-involved shooting

    EDMONTON - A 34-year-old man is dead after he was shot by police following a traffic stop in east Edmonton’s King Edward Park neighbourhood on Boxing Day. (Edmonton Journal)

    Officer files harassment lawsuit against Calgary Police Service, union

    CALGARY - A city police officer has filed a lawsuit against the Calgary Police Service and Calgary Police Association, alleging she has been the victim of harassment, sexual harassment, intimidation and “outrageous conduct.” (Calgary Herald)

    Virginia Beach shooting: ‘I’m going in’ brave cop says in dramatic audio

    It was 35 minutes of terror. Audio of police radio dispatches from the shooting that left 12 people dead in Virginia Beach starts at 4:08 p.m. Friday with a steely-nerved dispatcher announcing, “One down — gunshot wound, 2405 Courthouse Drive, Building 2.” (New York Post)
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