Sentences with phrase «said police targeted»

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Sobolewski, who has been in the police about 14 years, said progress was being made but it was a difficult as traffickers often target the most vulnerable people who are lured with false promises of well - paid jobs.

San Bruno police identified the shooter at YouTube's HQ as Nasim Aghdam, a 39 - year - old woman from San Diego, and said there is no evidence she knew the victims or that they were specifically targeted.

Police said more than 30 companies, government agencies and organizations have been targeted since 2009.

Police had arrested four people who they said stole guns from a local pawn shop and planned to target officers.

«Unfortunately, with the amount of waterways that we have in Miami - Dade County, it is a target - rich environment,» said Miami - Dade Police Officer Miguel Espinosa.

Police raids on offices of Volkswagen's Porsche division in April targeted high - ranking managers, highlighting what critics say is the company's failure to adequately clean house.

He said: «The timing of the demolition, coming at the end of the Sunday service amidst a heavy police presence, is clearly an act of intimidation targeting the Christian community.

Detective Sergeant Phil Housley, of Greater Manchester Police, said: «This was a horrific incident, in which a war veteran who served on submarines in WW2, was targeted and robbed in his own home.

«We are just not going to ignore that fact that the three victims that were targeted... were all people of color,» Police Chief Brian Manley said last week.

The crime ring has been producing fake Penfolds since April last year, police said, however what makes this crime ring different from previous busts is that the gang has developed a «sophisticated network» of production and distribution, and seems to have only targeted Penfolds premium wines that sell between RMB 500 (US$ 80) and RMB 8,000 (US$ 1,269).

There are police in Las Vegas who say they believe — but are unable to prove — that Liston was the target of a hit ordered by Ash Resnick, an old associate of Liston's with whom the former champion was having a dispute over money.

Two men who tried to steal a cart full of baby formula and diapers from a Glenview Target store on Monday may be responsible for similar thefts from Target stores in Naperville and Schaumburg, police said.

Buildings targeted included the Christian Liberty Academy, 502 W. Euclid Ave., and the First Presbyterian Church, 302 N. Dunton Ave., police said.

Glenview — Two men who tried to steal a cart full of baby formula and diapers from a Glenview Target store on Monday may be responsible for similar thefts from Target stores in Naperville and Schaumburg, police said.

Police said the suspects appeared to target pedestrians in the Lincoln Park, Old Town and Wicker Park neighborhoods since Nov. 20.

«Police officers represent the communities they serve and protect, and those who would target these brave men and women must be held accountable,» said Sen. Patrick Gallivan.

The Buffalo Police Department is ending its «Strike Force» unit which the department had used to target crime and enhance traffic safety, Capt. Jeff Rinaldo said.

Police say one man, Terrance Wise, is the head of the drug organization it targeted in Operation Get Money.

A man who lost two children in the bombings told the BBC that police officers investigating phone hacking had warned him that their contact details were found on a target list, while a former firefighter who helped rescue injured passengers also said he had been contacted by police who were looking into the hacking allegations.

Sini said that if elected, he wants to employ «data driven» methods he has used in the police department to better target those who commit crime and «not plead out cases on the cheap.»

Advocates for homeless people filed a complaint with New York City's Civil Rights Commission accusing the Police Department of targeting people living on the street, a practice they say violates a two - year - old law that prohibits «bias - based profiling.»

«We're increasing police presence in New York because of what happened in Florida,» Cuomo said, «but that could only make this worse if they were targeted because they were LGBT people.»

Meanwhile motoring group the AA's head of roads policy Jack Cousens said that more targeted policing is needed to tackle numbers of «hard - core drink drivers», who are frequent offenders but may feel that they will never be caught.

Metropolitan police chief superintendent Ali Desai said proposals to allow airport security staff to target specific people could alienate large sections of society.

Local police said that the woman was arrested at the airport in the capital Kuala Lumpur where Kim Jong - nam was targeted in an apparent poisoning on Monday.

The chairman of the joint intelligence committee (JIC) is not believed to have been deliberately targeted, police say, as he recovers from a serious illness in hospital.

But Senate officials say the required State Police background check revealed a clean legal slate for the former Republican senator from Newfane, who for more than a year loomed as a target of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara over possible inappropriate use of campaign funds.

Police say the gang targeted luxury cars and construction equipment.

The suit in which the judgment was delivered on Wednesday was targeted against the Police, which Wike said had, last year, applied for a search warrant to be executed on his houses around the country.

The group linked those practices, which they say unfairly and unconstitutionally target communities of color, with Davis» death, as well as that of Jose Hernandez - Rossy, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Black Rock in May.

He has also caught flak for not moving as swiftly on police reform and his continued embracing of broken windows policing, a method that activists and some elected officials say disproportionately targets communities of color.

The police department will launch a program that it says will help it better pinpoint where in the city to target crime prevention efforts, which Mayor Stephanie Miner spoke about it in her recent state of the city address.

Police said they believe Poyau, a student at St. John's University, also was an «unintended target.»

On top of that, Fowler said, the police in general, can be targeted unfairly by some in the public and the media.

However the Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger - who is a regular target for abuse - said she and her staff had gone to the police over the abuse they had suffered from left - wingers, including one email urging her to kill herself.

Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said police would be prepared in the event of a hypothetical attack in New York City similar to what occurred in Vegas, though the threat of a high - angle sniper attack on a oft target is something no one thought of before.

Speaking passionately about the effects of the bedroom tax, Mr Draper said the policy was «one of the most evil and targeted polices» he'd ever come across in 40 years in the trade union movement.

«We are determined to free the police from needless bureaucracy and pointless national targets,» he said.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano issued a warning to those targeting and gunning down police officers, saying: «Target our citizens, target our police, and you're going home in a body bag.&Target our citizens, target our police, and you're going home in a body bag.&target our police, and you're going home in a body bag.»

«So now we've come to a time where cowardly terrorists are now targeting our own police officers, the keepers of peace,» Mangano said to the crowd.

«Target our citizens, target our police, and you're going home in a body bag,» Mangano said to thunderous applause at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, where hundreds of firefighters representing every Nassau fire department and some from Suffolk County rallied in support of pTarget our citizens, target our police, and you're going home in a body bag,» Mangano said to thunderous applause at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, where hundreds of firefighters representing every Nassau fire department and some from Suffolk County rallied in support of ptarget our police, and you're going home in a body bag,» Mangano said to thunderous applause at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, where hundreds of firefighters representing every Nassau fire department and some from Suffolk County rallied in support of police.

The initiative will have state troopers, Suffolk County police and the FBI targeting MS - 13 activity in Suffolk, Cuomo said at a news conference in Brentwood.

Authorities today announced the arrest of Asia Siddiqui and Noelle Velentzas, who allegedly said they wanted to be «real bad bitches» and considered targeting police funerals.

UPPER MANHATTAN — Northern Manhattan elected officials are sounding off after an off - duty police officer accused of raping a woman in Inwood last week said he's being targeted by the District Attorney's office so they can «make an example» out of him.

Police commissioner Bill Bratton said it's possible New York City could see a coordinated series of terrorist attacks similar to the ones in Paris Friday, and stressed the Big Apple remains their number one target.

«They were, quite simply, assassinated — targeted for their uniform,» Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said today he would not remove the city's costly police perimeter from around Trump Tower in retaliation for yesterday's executive order targeting so - called «sanctuary cities» like New York — an order that could sever the funding for those exact same NYPD resources currently shielding President Donald Trump «s flagship property.

«I'm preaching that the police are our community partners and we must work with them for the betterment of all, but it is an uphill battle when they feel police are not out there to protect them, but rather to target them,» Williams said.

Police said Tashawn was not the intended target and that it may have been the result of a gang initiation.

The new police commissioner, Bill Bratton, pointed out that the unusually chilly winter may also be playing a role in the overall crime decline, but experts say targeted programs against gangs and neighborhood crime spikes are the more likely explanation.