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Recent Examples of bluecoatJackson wasn’t an overnight success: Her ingenue years, after winning a scholarship to RADA, were spent in repertory theater, assorted waitressing and retail jobs, and even as a bluecoat (a kind of performing steward) at a Welsh holiday resort.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Lawyers for the Harris County traffic cop said missteps by an officer prior to an escalating event do not strip them of the right to self-defense thereafter.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
The search operation has included officers knocking on doors and requesting residents to give DNA samples to see if there are any relations to the babies.
The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.
Law enforcement agencies would have to create department files on any employee holding a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement license, which includes police, sheriff’s deputies, constables, corrections officers and others.
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Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
The Center Township constable's office has made headlines in recent years because of scandals surrounding former constable Denise Hatch.
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Noe Padilla,
The Indianapolis Star,
15 Nov. 2024
Among them is 9-1-1: Nashville, the latest from the Ryan Murphy cop universe.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
When Alma’s inventor is murdered, Salia and Zem, two cops from different zones who are polar opposites, are forced to collaborate on the investigation.
French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
The defense also raised concerns about witness tampering, after private communications appeared to show Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors working to pressure a key witness.
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