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Continue to swirl around ferguson's police force, and how it moves forward. missouri state highway patrol in st. louis county police have now taken over protest security there. so could this be a first sign that an even bigger overhaul is coming to that department in ferguson? and that ferguson police are unable to perhaps control the streets around them? cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: the police call it an ambush. two officers shot almost killed. it followed a night of street fights between protesters following the resignation of ferguson's police chief. from an exasperated st. louis...

But with tensions high the troubled ferguson police department is giving up some of its duties. let's go to brian todd. he is looking into this story for us. what are the latest developments you're picking up? >> reporter: a dramatic shift in police leadership on the streets of ferguson. officials say the st. louis county police and missouri state highway patrol are going to handle security for any street protests taking that responsibility away from the ferguson police. that means added pressure on those agencies to demonstrate that law enforcement still has control and won't overreact. the p...