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30
Dec 2016
In this July 25, 2016 file photo, the funeral procession for slain Baton Rouge police Corporal Montrell Jackson leaves the Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other shootings around the country led to a sharp increase in the number of police killed in the line of duty this year.
From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some...
21
Dec 2016
LAPD Deputy Chief William Scott, 52, is set to be named the police chief of San Francisco.
The news that Deputy Chief William Scott, a 27-year veteran of the police force, was chosen as the San Francisco police chief was viewed Tuesday as a loss for Los Angeles by his admirers, who include colleagues and even a critic of the...
20
Dec 2016
Deputy Chief William Scott (Photo: LAPD)
Mayor Ed Lee plans to announce Tuesday that he is hiring a veteran Los Angeles deputy police chief to lead the San Francisco force as it implements broad changes in the wake of several shootings of African Americans and Latinos, according...
06
Dec 2016
An officer salutes during San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi's funeral service on Monday, November 28. Marconi was shot to death while sitting in his patrol car. [Photo: (Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, Pool)]
Police officers across the country say they are taking new precautions in response to a spike in what they call "ambush-style" attacks against them. Cops are teaming up to respond to emergency calls, suiting up more often in ballistic...
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