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Officers Were Responding To A Domestic Disturbance Call (AP) ODESSA, Texas -- Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance were killed and a third was critically wounded by a gunman who led Texas authorities on an hours-long standoff, authorities said. The suspected gunman in the shooting Saturday night, 58-year-old Larry White, will likely face two counts of capital murder and attempted murder of an officer, said Tela Mange, a Department of Public Safety spokeswoman. Mange said White was shot in the abdomen and was in stable condition at a hospital under police guard. The wounded officer was transported to...

Albuquerque Public Schools police officers staged a sickout Friday morning in protest of a recommendation by the APS policy committee to deny officers permission to carry guns on campus. Acting Albuquerque Public Schools Police Chief Steve Tellez says 26 of the department’s 33 officers called in sick early Friday morning. Albuquerque police and Bernalillo County deputies provided coverage for the district’s schools while the APS officers were out.

Sears corporate officials have apologized to two police officers who were told to leave the retailer's store at a Des Moines mall because their uniforms distracted the store's security guards. Officers Richard Glade and David Coy said they were kicked out of the Sears store in Merle Hay Mall in separate incidents this month. "They told me that while I was in the store, I'd probably interfere with thefts they were monitoring," Coy said. "I said, 'Well, that's great.' She said, 'No, it's not,' and that they paid people to monitor that activity." Kimberly Freely, a Sears spokeswoman at the...

Recent sexual assaults on women in Santa Fe have sounded an alarm in the community. Authorities have pledged to solve the cases and now they are taking their investigation one step further... The Santa Fe County Sheriff's office paid for a full page ad ... Some quick tips include discouraging an attacker by telling him you have a venereal disease or are menstruating. Another tip: keep a whistle on you and try to make as much noise as possible to attract attention. But some women aren't waiting around for advice or taking any chances -- they're buying weapons. Gun sales...

The Santa Fe Police Department is looking at the possibility of recruiting Mexican nationals to fill vacancies on the city police force, say sergeants in charge of training and recruiting. Sgts. Gillian Alessio and Marvin Paulk told the city's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday that they are trying to think outside the box to fill 20 vacancies on the 155-person force. New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy regulations currently prohibit noncitizens from serving as police officers, Police Chief Eric Johnson said later. Alessio told the city panel: ``Every day, we get approached by young men and women from Mexico who are...

June 6, 2005 Angels come to you in mysterious ways! I was having some problems and God knows my life has been filled with misery and sorrow from the murder of my father, and I had spoken with a Police Officer there about my situation, we sat and talked for at least an hour, I can't even remember the time, I lost track because he was so interesting to talk to, I told him how I felt about myself, my self worth and how my self esteem was gone and gone forever, we then started discussing my website and how...

Bush speech coming up now

KNOXVILLE - Since 1995, Bob Parker has sent nearly 2,000 honorary medallions to survivors of soldiers, police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Parker and his nonprofit organization Fallen Friend has 17 more medallions to give, including one for Pat Tillman, the football player who quit the NFL to become an Army Ranger and was killed in April in Afghanistan. But Tillman's family and others won't receive their medallions. The Army has stopped helping Parker and Fallen Friend distribute the medals because there is a reference to a Bible verse on the back, according to two letters...

Law and order continues its rapid collapse in the United States, not only because of criminals but also because of prosecutors and police. Those declining crime rates you have been hearing about might be nothing but public relations propaganda. On February 20 the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that an audit released that day concludes that Atlanta crime reports have been suppressed in order to protect the city’s image for tourism. Before you decide to avoid Atlanta or any big city, know that one reason crime is exploding is the over-criminalization of behavior. Today a woman who pushes away a male who...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryNovember 1, 2003 President's Radio Address      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week terrorists launched a series of attacks in Iraq. Their targets included police stations in Baghdad and Fallujah, the headquarters of the International Red Cross, and living quarters for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. The majority of their victims were Iraqis working to rebuild and restore order to their country, and citizens of other nations engaged in purely humanitarian missions. Some of the killers behind these attacks are loyalists of the Saddam regime who seek to regain power and who resent...

<p>Do these colors run?</p> <p>If they are red, white and blue and worn openly by San Francisco police officers, they will have to go.</p> <p>Acting police Chief Alex Fagan on Monday said it was inappropriate for officers to don American flag bandannas while policing war protests.</p>

Nation: Police officers to replace National Guard troops at airportsBy JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated PressWASHINGTON (April 1, 2002 9:28 p.m. EST) - National Guard troops patrolling the nation's airports will be replaced by uniformed police officers, the new Transportation Security Administration said Monday. In a security directive to airports, the agency said the police officers would be stationed at airport screening stations in place of the Guard. Local police will be at the checkpoints until the security agency hires its own law enforcement officers. The federal government will reimburse the airports for the officers' salaries. Spokesman Paul Turk said there...