Racial balance in police forces under national review
The AP analysis shows black officer representation has improved since 1987, but large gaps remain with Hispanics underrepresented in many departments. In places like Anaheim and Waco the Hispanic share is far below community levels, prompting federal scrutiny and calls for more diverse recruitment to better reflect communities served.
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Washington
St. Louis
Associated Press
Waco
Texas
United States
Ferguson
Michael Brown
Eric Holder
Holder
Justice Department
Police Prac
Anaheim
Calif
West Valley City
Utah
Providence
U.L
Chester
Maple Heights
Ohio
Theresa Smith
Anaheim Community Coalition
Smith
Census Bureau
New Orleans
East Orange
Plainfield
N.J
Miami Beach
Florida
Oak Park Village
Pasadena City
Bexar County
Cambridge
Mass
Seattle
Washington, D.C
Anthony Chapa
Puentes New Orleans
Carolina Hernandez
U.S
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Lyndon Johnson
Adrian Garcia
Harris County
Houston
Garcia
Border Patrol urges militiamen to leave law enforcement to professionals
Rio Grande City Texas amid a surge of state troopers National Guardsmen and civilian militias. Officials report heightened costs and fragmented field coordination as a guard presence expands along with local fears and deconfliction efforts.
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Rio Grande City
Texas
U.S. Border Patrol
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Border Patrol
Texas Department of Public Safety
Rick Perry
Kevin Oaks
Brownsville
Citizens
National Guard
Villarreal
San Juan
la Union del Pueblo Entero
Isabel Barbosa
la Joya
Ebola vaccine tests show protection in monkeys at five weeks
NIH says four macaques given experimental vaccine ChAd3 were protected against high Ebola exposure five weeks later, with protection waning over time. Booster dose eight weeks after initial shot yielded full protection at ten months. Human trials were planned for Bethesda.
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National Institutes of Health
West Africa
Nature Medicine
Bethesda
GlaxoSmithKline
Nancy J. Sullivan
NIH
Okairos
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Nebraska
Rick Sacra
Boston
Liberia
Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha
World Health Organization
U.S
Nancy Writebol
Kent Brantly
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
Writebol
Brantly
Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc
San Diego
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Manuel Angel Diaz
Escobares
Penitas
Ruben Villarreal
Barbosa
APA
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Air and Marine
Texas-Mexico
McAllen
Lauren Raab
Melissa Healy
Watt
Los Angeles Times