Foreign Policing News

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/10/31/national-guard-troopers-philadelphia-halloween/ A few snippets.

https://www.officer.com/tactical/news/21158045/michigan-law-enforcement-on-alert-in-response-to-plan-to-target-and-kill-police Plan was also to kill the Governor.

https://www.lecceprima.it/attualita/lecce-aggressione-poliziotti-sindacati-manifestazione-6-ottobre-2020.html (translated) Some quite interesting comments from Italy. It seems police violence is not limited to UK/US. Also, one to note that despite Italian civilian and military police having always been armed, they still are a bit behind with some of the latest gadgets. He seems to be saying that despite being armed, they are not protected enough.

A Los Angeles police officer is lucky to be alive after an assailant walked into his police station, knocked him to the ground, pistol-whipped him with his own weapon, and then pulled the trigger repeatedly at point blank range. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8786451/LAPD-cop-escapes-death-attacker-wrestles-away-service-firearm-police-station.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54137838 My emphasis. Good to see those lovely protesters stopping medical care to severely wounded people. Apologies for BBC getting terminology wrong!

https://www.officer.com/command-hq/news/21152140/more-states-sending-national-guard-troops-to-wisconsin-after-week-of-upheaval

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1fvh_ff3L8

Two police officers have been shot dead while responding to reports of a domestic assault in southern Texas. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/they-never-had-a-chance-two-police-officers-shot-dead-in-texas/ar-BB16DlHI?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52612957 Richard Pusey: Australian driver 'taunted dying police at crash scene' Only one word for a man like that. From BBC An Australian man filmed and mocked four police officers as they lay dying, a court has heard according to local media. Richard Pusey, 41, who faces charges of reckless conduct and obstructing justice, applied for bail on Monday. He was pulled over for speeding on a highway last month. A short while later, a truck veered into the lane and ploughed into the officers. Mr Pusey was left uninjured. Police say he filmed the scene before fleeing. On Monday, his lawyer, Vincen…

Four police officers have been killed in a horror crash on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway, Victoria Police has confirmed. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/four-police-officers-killed-in-eastern-freeway-crash-in-melbourne/ar-BB132bom?ocid=spartandhp

Just a quick note of support to @stewie_griffin + and his law enforcement colleagues over in the former colonies, and my condolences to the families of the bereaved. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia RCMP officer among 17 confirmed dead in Nova Scotia killing spree. RCMP say 17 people are dead, including one of their officers, after a man who at one point wore a police uniform and drove a mock-up cruiser went on a rampage across northern Nova Scotia in one of the deadliest killing sprees in Canadian history.