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Northern California police chief pitches plan to allow residents to double medicinal pot gardens
A new proposal from Healdsburg’s police chief could allow medical marijuana users there to double the size of their medicinal gardens from what is allowed by state law. Under the new regulations, patients would be able to cultivate up to 12 mature plants and 24 immature ones. Put forward by…
Civil rights icon moved to tears by Alabama police chief’s apology
Rep. John Lewis (R-GA) was moved to tears on Saturday by an apology from a police chief in Montgomery, Alabama, who said his department utterly failed to protect civil rights marchers as they disembarked from a Grayhound bus into a segregated terminal in 1961. Lewis was one of 21 protesters…
UPDATE: Gunman kills self after injuring 4 women, killing 3 in Wisconsin salon
UPDATE [6:10 p.m]: Brookfield police chief Daniel Tushaus confirmed that Radcliffe Haughton, the only suspect police were seeking, was found inside the salon dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He also stated that the three victims he said had died at the scene did not include Haughton. UPDATE [5:35 p.m]:…
Arkansas cop reprimanded after Chavis Carter autopsy
One of the officers in the alleged “back seat suicide” in Arkansas, in which police say 21-year old Chavis Carter killed himself with a gun while handcuffed alone in the back of a police car, will face an administrative reprimand. The Associated Press reported that according to Jonesboro police chief…
D.C. to allow turbaned Sikh police
WASHINGTON — Washington’s police chief on Wednesday gave the green light for turbaned Sikhs to serve as officers, making the capital the first major US city to accommodate the religion’s articles of faith. The police department said that 4,000 officers have gone through cultural training to sensitize them to the…
Former police chief: LAPD coordinated with CIA on terrorism
Former New York City Police Commissioner and Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said Tuesday that it was important for local police agencies to exchange and coordinate information with the CIA regarding terrorism. “In dealing with information intelligence as it relates to terrorism, the CIA has a lot of information…
Bahrain teenager dies ‘as police crush protest’
DUBAI — Bahraini police fired tear gas grenades to disperse protesters, killing a Shiite protester in the Sunni-ruled country where tensions have been running high, the opposition said on Sunday. Meanwhile the newly-appointed police chief said 500 officers would be recruited across the country, including Shiites, to help bolster community…
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