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Department of Justice's Ronald Davis, director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), center, looks on as Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, left, and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. shake hands during a news conference in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. The Justice Department reported on the latest progress by the Philadelphia Police Department in its reform efforts prompted by concerns over its use of deadly force. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan addresses the media, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Detroit. McQuade announced that Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a years-long scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air bag inflators. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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A good Samaritan shot and killed a man in Arizona who was attacking a state trooper on Jan. 12, 2017. The trooper was shot twice by the time the civilian arrived to help. (CNN screenshot)
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FILE – In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati. Deters, deciding how to proceed after Cincinnati Bengals player Adam "Pacman" Jones' arrest on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, told WKRC-TV in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, that he wants to know first what punishment Jones faces from the NFL. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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This Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 arrest photo made available by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office via the Colleton County Sheriff's Office shows Gloria Williams, under arrest in Walterboro, SC. Williams is a suspect in the kidnapping of a baby girl in Jacksonville, Fla., 18 years ago. (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office via Colleton Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Nine-year-old Nyasia Bell, from left, 6-year-old Nahla Bell and their aunt, Evelyn McKay, light candles during a vigil at a Wal-Mart store, where an Orlando police sergeant was killed Monday, and for an Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy killed during a manhunt of a suspect, in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Authorities raised to $100,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the fatal shooting of the Orlando police sergeant on Tuesday as he eluded hundreds of officers on the second day of a massive manhunt. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Family and friends honor two law enforcement officers during a candlelight vigil in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Authorities raised to $100,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of the Orlando police sergeant on Tuesday as he eluded hundreds of officers on the second day of a massive manhunt. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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FILE – In this Nov. 1, 2016, file photo, Hamilton County, Ohio, Prosecutor Joe Deters, left, speaks with Audrey DuBose, right, the mother of Sam DuBose, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Deters announced Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, that he is removing himself from the murder case against white former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, and will have a new prosecution team for Tensing's retrial. A jury deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial Nov. 12, 2016, on charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the July 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a traffic stop. (Carrie Cochran/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2016, file photo, former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, center, leaves court during jury deliberations in his murder trial in Cincinnati. Hamilton County, Ohio, Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, that he is removing himself from the murder case and will have a new prosecution team for Tensing's retrial. A jury deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial Nov. 12, 2016, on charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the July 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a traffic stop. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Chicago Police Superintendant Eddie Johnson answers questions during a news conference Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Chicago. The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report on civil rights abuses by Chicago's police department over the years. The report released Friday alleges that institutional Chicago Police Department problems have led to serious civil rights violations, including racial bias and a tendency to use excessive force. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks during a news conference accompanied by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, left, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Chicago. The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report on civil rights abuses by Chicago's police department over the years. The report released Friday alleges that institutional Chicago Police Department problems have led to serious civil rights violations, including racial bias and a tendency to use excessive force. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois speaks during a news conference Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Chicago. The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report on civil rights abuses by Chicago's police department over the years. The report released Friday alleges that institutional Chicago Police Department problems have led to serious civil rights violations, including racial bias and a tendency to use excessive force. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois speaks during a news conference accompanied by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, left, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Chicago. The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report on civil rights abuses by Chicago's police department over the years. The report released Friday alleges that institutional Chicago Police Department problems have led to serious civil rights violations, including racial bias and a tendency to use excessive force. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks during a news conference Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Chicago. The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report on civil rights abuses by Chicago's police department over the years. The report released Friday alleges that institutional Chicago Police Department problems have led to serious civil rights violations, including racial bias and a tendency to use excessive force. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows Officer Jessie Laconsay, who was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Prosecutors say Jessie Laconsay assaulted the girl over a two-and-a-half year period. Laconsay pleaded no contest. He resigned Dec. 2 after 10 years with the Honolulu Police Department. (Honolulu Police Department via AP, File)
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New York City Police Dept. Sgt. Conor McDonald, center, and Patricia McDonald, third left, the son and widow of NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, follow his casket as it leaves St. Patrick's Cathedral after his funeral, in New York, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Police officers salute as pallbearers carry the casket of New York City police officer Steven McDonald after his funeral service, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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NYPD Detective Steven McDonald's casket is carried out of St. Patrick's Cathedral following his funeral, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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NYPD Detective Steven McDonald's casket departs St. Patrick's Cathedral following his funeral, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in New York. McDonald died on Tuesday, 30 years after a robbery suspect shot him in Central Park. The officer publicly forgave his assailant and went on to become an international voice for peace. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Three Turkish military officers in suits wearing handcuffs, escorted by Greek police officers, arrive at the Supreme Court in Athens Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. A prosecutor at Greece's highest court recommended Tuesday and Wednesday the court reject an extradition request for four other Turkish servicemen, who fled to Greece after a failed July military coup in their country. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
