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		<title>Roy Bedard &#8211; Police Liability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roy will Appear at the POLICE LIABILITY seminar in Orlando July 17th, 2013 Presented by Lorman Education Services Other Speakers include: Kevin R. Anderson &#8211; Attorney, Anderson &#38; Welch Benjamin L. Bedard-Attorney, Robert, Reynolds &#38; Bedard Danna P. Clement- Attorney, Robert, Reynolds &#38; Bedard Maria D. Hale -AAttorney Hale, Hale &#38; Jacobsen Hugh L. Koerner-Attorney, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Appearances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catch Roy Bedard as a Guest Speaker at the 2013 Florida State University  SPEAR Conference February 21st and 22nd, 2013. This year’s conference theme is “Team Cohesion and Group Dynamics across Domains.” The focus of the conference will be on examining various topics intimately related to cohesion and collective efficacy across domains (e.g., sports, law enforcement, military, education, fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Police Expert Witness</title>
		<link>http://www.roybedard.com/2012/07/the-police-expert-witness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch PoliceOneTv with Betsy Brantner Smith and Roy Bedard discussing the role of the Police Expert Witness. Find it here:  P1 TV Choosing an Expert Witness]]></description>
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		<title>The Winner Goes To Jail</title>
		<link>http://www.roybedard.com/2012/04/the-winner-goes-to-jail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE WINNER GOES TO JAIL The Sad State of Self-Defense Law in America: A Training Seminar by Roy Bedard; ABSTRACT: Maslow considered safety and security the fundamental human need, placing it just above air, food and water. Our country is built on the right to live free from tyranny and hostility. The framers of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decision to drop police beating case spurs claims of political motives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DAPHNE DURET Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated: 10:50 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 Posted: 9:43 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 &#160; WEST PALM BEACH — In 2009, while newly elected State Attorney Michael McAuliffe was still building a reputation for cracking down on public corruption, his office charged two former West Palm Beach police officers with battery and official misconduct in the beating of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillsborough deputy relied on her training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shelley Rossetter and Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writers TAMPA — Moments before Hillsborough Deputy Lyonelle De Veaux was shot Friday night, she made a split-second move that may have saved her life. As bullets headed toward her, De Veaux turned her body, crouched and backed up. She received shots to her upper leg, lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Petersburg to give police officers loans to purchase semiautomatic rifles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 22, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — Semiautomatic rifles are in the hands of everyone these days, from law-abiding citizens to criminals. But St. Petersburg has a plan to put even more high-powered rifles in the hands of its police: The city will loan money to officers so they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta police lapses could imperil prosecutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) &#8211; Hundreds of arrests made by the Atlanta Police Department could be vulnerable to legal challenges, prominent defense attorneys say, after an audit showed dozens of officers lost their arrest powers because they failed to meet state training requirements. The audit showed at least 51 of Atlanta&#8217;s 1,800 or so officers lost their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in law enforcement: The spirit of the female warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 13:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Policeone.com By Roy Bedard The female warrior is often more cautious than her male counterpart, spending more time planning, recognizing that brute strength cannot often compensate for poor tactical decision-making To say that women think differently than men is not completely accurate. It should be put more precisely: Women think about things differently than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Center Mass -Shooting to Kill</title>
		<link>http://www.roybedard.com/2011/04/center-mass-shooting-to-kill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A three part series appearing on PoliceOne.com April 8,15 &#038; 22. Shooting center mass: Shooting to kill or to stop? In part one of this three-part series, PoliceOne Contributor Roy Bedard examines the oft-used mantra in police deadly force training: &#8220;We don’t shoot to kill. We shoot to stop.&#8221; He tossed a cigar back and [...]]]></description>
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