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Brain
health program aims to help police deal better with stressful situations
Today
A new initiative is helping police officers sharpen and
exercise the most powerful weapon at their disposal: their brains.
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Real ID driver's
license bill passes Oregon Legislature
The Washington Times
The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill to allow local
motor-vehicle offices to issue state driver's licenses and other forms of
identification that comply with federal requirements borne out of 9/11
security concerns.
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Portland police officer, paralyzed from waist down, stands for
promotion to sergeant
The Oregonian
Paul Meyer pressed a button on his left wristband, and the
black exoskeleton strapped to his body and legs lifted him up from a bench.
There he stood, accepting a promotion to Portland police sergeant, less
than five years after he was paralyzed from the waist down during an
on-duty accident.
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Oregon Legislature passes bill to take guns from suicidal
people
Statesman Journal
Oregon lawmakers have approved a bill that aims to prevent
suicides and shootings by taking firearms away from people deemed at risk.
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Man living in tent
found with six stolen firearms sentenced to federal prison
The Oregonian
A 26-year-old man who was found with six stolen firearms in
his tent in Northwest Portland and a stolen vehicle nearby was sentenced to
just over three years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of
firearms.
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Chief
Mike Marshman among six remaining candidates for city's top cop job
The
Oregonian
Portland's national search started
with 33 candidates, fell to 11 after a review of resumes and written
applications and now stands at six after Skype interviews.
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Sutherlin Police, Fire Chief Sanfilippo announces retirement
The News Review
Police and Fire Chief Kirk Sanfilippo has announced his
retirement.
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Benton County Sheriff's Office gives Life Saving Awards to deputies
Gazette Times
The Benton County Sheriff's Office recently presented three
deputies with Life Saving Awards for their efforts in rescuing or giving
aid to individuals, the agency reported.
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Oregon
bill will reduce punishments for possession of heroin, cocaine other drugs
The Oregonian
First-time
offenders caught with small amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines
and other illegal drugs will face less jail time and smaller fines under a
new bill approved by the Oregon legislature that aims to curb mass
incarceration.
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National
News
NYPD reinforcing vehicles after cop's killing
New York post
The NYPD is working to retrofit all vehicles with
bullet-resistant windows and door panels following the cowardly murder of
officer Miosotis Familia in a police van, officials said Thursday.
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Thousands
gather for funeral of slain NYPD officer
New York Post
That's
what slain NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia - whose life was cut tragically
short by a cop-hating killer last week - would've wanted, her family said
Tuesday at a tearful funeral service in The Bronx.
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How to cope with 5 of
the most common symptoms of PTSD
Police One
Every person's experience with
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is shaped by the event that precipitated
their diagnosis, the symptoms they experience and their daily life
stressors, which means that each individual case of PTSD is different.
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A
year after slayings, Dallas police train in 'mindfulness'
Star Tribune
Only hours after the ambush that killed five Dallas law
enforcement officers, mental health experts began thinking ahead, searching
for ways to ease the long-term effects of the attack on the men and women
who patrol the nation's ninth-largest city.
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SC
law requires all officers to learn to spot mental illness
Charlotte
Observer
Every police officer in South Carolina must undergo training to
recognize mental illness and de-escalate confrontations with people who are
manic - not malicious - under a new law.
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12
human smuggling victims rescued from box truck by HPD patrol officer; 3
arrested
Chron
A
Houston police officer chasing routine calls Sunday afternoon saved 12
people who were being smuggled inside of a locked cargo truck where the
temperature reached 100 degrees, authorities said Monday.
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U.K.
Releases 'How-To' Video On Surviving A Terrorist Shooting
NPR
The British government has released a
four-minute video advising the public to "run, hide, tell" in
case of a terrorist attack.
Read more
Life-sized cutout of
police cruiser slows down drivers
Police One
A Massachusetts man has gotten drivers to slow down for years with the help
of a life-sized cutout of a police cruiser posted in his driveway.
Read more
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