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Los Angeles Police Plan to Have 7,000 Body Cameras in 2015

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan Tuesday to equip 7,000 Los Angeles police officers with on-body cameras by next summer, making LA’s police department the nation’s largest law enforcement agency to move forward with such an ambitious expansion of the …

Amid Safety Concerns Akron Police Patrol in Pairs

Police in the northeast Ohio city of Akron have switched to working in pairs on all shifts instead of sometimes patrolling alone after recent violence against local officers and concern about anti-police sentiment linked to officer-involved deaths. Temporarily having two …

New York State Senate Plans Hearings on Police Safety

Lawmakers in New York state say they will hold public hearings on the safety of police officers following the deadly shooting of two New York City officers The state Senate’s Republican leaders announced the hearings Monday. Starting next month, the …