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Police officers arrested in Brazil for taking bribes from gold miners
Updated Nov 30, 2024, 05:34 AM Published Nov 30, 2024, 04:44 AM BRASILIA - Two senior police officers were arrested in Brazil on suspicion that they took bribes and provided security for illegal gold mining activity in the Amazon, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Friday. Brazilian authorities suspect they were receiving
November 29, 2024
Met firearms officers cleared of wrongdoing after tackling armed robbery gang
Two Metropolitan Police firearms officers who bravely intervened in a suspected armed robbery more than five years ago have finally been cleared of wrongdoing.The officers, who have the right to anonymity and are known as NX1 and MY55, were pursuing a suspect who was part of a gang of armed robbers targeting cash in transit
May 3, 2024
Two officers dismissed as Israel admits ‘grave mistake’ in aid worker killings
The Israeli military has dismissed two officers and formally reprimanded senior commanders after an inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza this week found serious errors and breaches of procedure, the military says.The inquiry found Israeli forces mistakenly believed they were attacking Hamas gunmen when drones hit the
April 5, 2024
Argentina Tax Officers Find $20m Worth of Crypto Mining Hardware on Livestock Farm
Source: Galyna Andrushko/AdobeThe tax body of Argentina is continuing its crackdown on unregistered crypto mining – and has swooped on a livestock and cereal farm to uncover some $20 million worth of coin-mining hardware.In a government notice, the national tax authority, known locally as the AFIP, explained that the equipment was found in the premises
November 4, 2022
UP CM asks officers to brace for relief work amid heavy rains prediction
For Lucknow Updates Allow Notification | Published: Friday, October 7, 2022, 13:29 [IST] Lucknow, Oct 07: Amid heavy rainfalls in some parts of Uttar Pradesh, state chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday instructed the officials of the affected districts to conduct relief works and shift people from the waterlogged areas. Some parts of the
October 7, 2022
SAPS will recruit 5 000 more officers next year after first group of 10 000 starts training
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April 9, 2022
Push to help officers, families with mental health struggles
February 20, 2022
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican senator has joined a push to help families of public safety officers who have suffered mental health challenges or died by suicide.Sen. Susan Collins is part of a bipartisan group of senators that is working to help families receive public safety officers’ benefits. Those benefits are currently limited to…
Two officers shot at Bridgewater College in Va.
Two campus police officers were shot and killed on the campus of Bridgewater College in Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, the college said in a message to its students and staff. A suspect was taken into custody a short time later not far from the campus.The college, located near Harrisonburg, identified the victims as campus police…
February 1, 2022
School officers sue LA school district over vaccination mandates
Campus officers at the Los Angeles Unified School District claimed they'd filed for COVID-19 vaccination exemptions before they were fired from their positions. Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Time Twenty campus officers said they were unfairly fired from the Los Angeles Unified School District even after they “appropriately filed” for exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccination mandate.…
January 13, 2022
Police officers deliberately driven at on Graven Hill
Officers are 'lucky to be alive' after they were deliberately driven at by thugs TWO police officers are 'lucky to be alive' after they were deliberately driven at. Police are now desperately hunting for the thugs involved. The incident happened in Graven Hill Road, Bicester, on Friday evening at around 4.30pm. Police officers attempted to…
January 9, 2022