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PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Over a dozen patrol cars were damaged or destroyed in a suspect arson attack at the Portland Police Bureau’s training facility early Thursday morning. Just before 2 a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue and Portland police officers responded to a fire at the training facility in the 14900 block of Northeast Airport Way. When crews arrived to the scene, police say they found at least 15 vehicles in a fenced training area were burning. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames. No injuries were reported. I understand people in our community are hurting, but in no...

Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday continued to campaign against the controversial NYPD bill that will require officers to document even the most minor interactions — inviting members of the City Council to take ride-alongs with cops as they patrol the Big Apple. “With a bill pending that could make the city less safe, city councilmembers deserve to see firsthand how our NYPD officers are keeping the public safe and building relationships in our communities — and they deserve to understand how this bill would force those officers to spend more time filling out paperwork instead of protecting New Yorkers and...

Bull's-eye shooter's hearing delayed for psych examBy JAMIE SATTERFIELD, satterfield@knews.com September 30, 2003 A Knox County judge delayed a hearing Monday to allow a psychiatric evaluation of a man authorities contend painted a bull's-eye symbol on his chest to goad deputies into killing him. Thomas Martin McGouey, 51, appeared in Knox County General Sessions Court for a preliminary hearing on charges of aggravated assault and public intoxication. McGouey was arrested Sept. 17, one day after six Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies opened fired on him, shooting 28 times and striking McGouey once in the shoulder outside his Walker Springs Road...