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S.C. Sheriff Proposes Tent Jail to Ease Overcrowding

July 26 2008 - Top News

A compound on county-owned property complete with razor wire, chain-link fencing, canvas tents and portable showers and toilets dubbed "Camp Beaufort" may be the county's best chance to alleviate crowding in the Beaufort County (S.C.) Detention Center, Sheriff P.J. Tanner said.

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Critics Ask Maricopa County Supervisors to Rein in Arpaio, End Immigration Sweeps

July 25 2008 - Top News

Hundreds of critics of Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio packed the county chambers Wednesday to try to persuade the Board of Supervisors to put an end to his controversial immigration sweeps, to better monitor lawsuits related to his office, and to more closely examine his emergency response times and jurisdictional reach.

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Dallas Detective who Apprehended Kennedy Assassin Dies

July 25 2008 - Top News

On Nov. 22, 1963, Det. Paul L. Bentley pulled a ligament in his ankle diving across rows of seats at the Texas Theatre to subdue Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Badges Issued by Former California Sheriff to Civilians Will be Collected

July 25 2008 - Top News

Orange County (Calif.) Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said Wednesday that she plans to recall all the badges that her indicted predecessor handed out to a group of more than 400 civilian volunteers, many the county's most wealthy and influential residents.

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Probe: San Diego Police Dog Died of Heatstroke

July 24 2008 - Top News

The San Diego police dog left in the back of his handler's patrol car last month died of heatstroke, county investigators said yesterday, and it will be up to the District Attorney's Office whether it will charge the officer.

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Suspected MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Not Guilty in San Francisco Triple Murder

July 24 2008 - Top News

Edwin Ramos, 21, is accused of the June 22 shooting deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, in the city's Excelsior district. In an appearance before Judge Lucy Kelly McCabe, Ramos, who is believed to be an illegal alien who benefited from the city's sanctuary policy, spoke softly and slowly in denying each of the allegations. His attorney says that he is a legal resident.

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Philadelphia Police Radios Fail, Leaving Officers Without Communications

July 24 2008 - Top News

The main system and three backup systems went down for almost an hour when dozens of cops tried to get on the air at the same time and respond to an assist call from Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey, who was at the scene of a wild North Philly brawl.

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Man Suspected of Ambushing Maplewood, Mo., Officers Kills Himself with Shotgun

July 24 2008 - Top News

The man who killed a Maplewood, Mo., firefighter and shot two police officers in an ambush attack killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head, police said Wednesday.

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Charlotte Cops Agree to Plead Guilty On Drug Charges

July 24 2008 - Top News

Two former Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers cut a deal with federal prosecutors that, if a judge approves, would let them serve the minimum sentence for conspiring with a suspected drug dealer and informant to sell crack cocaine.

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Premature Son of Slain N.C. State Trooper Struggles for Life

July 24 2008 - Top News

Neurological challenges that have increased in severity may rule out needed heart surgery for the prematurely born baby of a slain North Carolina state trooper.

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Bell Helicopter Donates Helicopter to National Law Enforcement Museum

July 23 2008 - Product News

Visitors to the planned National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC, will get a good look at what airborne law enforcement is all about, thanks to a generous donation from Bell Helicopter. Bell, a Textron Inc. company, is donating one of its 206B helicopters to the Museum.

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Fort Meyers Cop Killing Suspect Should Have Been Deported

July 20 2008 - Top News

The man who murdered a Fort Myers police officer Friday night shouldn’t have even been in the United States, according to police. 

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Ft. Meyers Police Identify Officer and Suspect Killed in Shooting

July 20 2008 - Top News

Fort Myers (Fla.) Police are mourning the loss of an officer who was shot and killed by a suspect at Main & Hendry streets in downtown Fort Myers early Friday morning.

Major Doug Baker says the officer, 30-year-old Andrew Widman, responded to a domestic dispute between a man and his girlfriend in front of the pizza shop on Hendry Street at 2:03 a.m.

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NYPD Suspends First Officer Caught in Random Steroid Testing

July 18 2008 - Top News

On the hunt for juiced-up cops, the NYPD bounced an officer with just two years on the job after he was the first to test positive in new random steroid tests, police said.

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Idaho Sheriff's Deputies Arrest Two Women Who Reportedly Robbed Same Home Twice

July 18 2008 - Top News

Ada County, Idaho, sheriff's deputies have arrested two women who broke into the same north Ada County home, twice.

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Ex-FBI Agent Arrested in Plot to Rob California Narcotics Stash Pad

July 18 2008 - Top News

A former FBI agent who was fired from the bureau five years ago has been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to rob a "narcotics stash pad" in Orange County, Calif., according to court documents and federal authorities.

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D.C. Gun Rights Plaintiff Denied Gun License

July 17 2008 - Top News

District of Columbia residents can start registering their guns today. But at least one very high profile application was already rejected. Dick Heller is the man who brought the lawsuit against the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns. He was among the first in line Thursday morning to apply for a handgun permit.

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Illinois Police to Crack Down on Unsafe Motorcyclists

July 17 2008 - Top News

Motorcyclists in Illinois soon will notice more surveillance by police aimed at making sure riders are following the rules of the road, local law-enforcement agencies announced Wednesday.

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Denver Metro Gang Sweep Nets 23 Arrests

July 17 2008 - Top News

The U.S. Justice Department and the Metro Gang Task Force say they've arrested 23 people suspected of distributing Ecstasy in the Denver area. A grand jury handed up a 109-count indictment against 27 people who were believed to be members of the "Asian Pride" gang.

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Arpaio Crime Sweeps Targeted by Lawsuits that Allege Profiling

July 17 2008 - Top News

Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration and crime sweeps are being targeted in a lawsuit that alleges his deputies have racially profiled Hispanics.

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Texas Still Plans to Execute Killer Despite U.N. Order

July 17 2008 - Top News

Texas will go ahead with the scheduled Aug. 5 execution of Houston rapist-killer Jose Medellin despite Wednesday's United Nations world court order for a stay, a spokesman for Gov. Rick Perry said.

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Suspected Pot Farm Found in Boarded-Up Dallas High School

July 17 2008 - Top News

The vacant Wilmer-Hutchins High School hasn't been as empty as it appears. Dallas school police dismantled a suspected marijuana operation inside one of the school's classrooms Monday night.

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Charlotte Officer Fired for Shooting Suspect

July 16 2008 - Top News

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was fired after a review board today determined she unjustly shot a man at a Central Avenue gas station.

Officer J.S. Curlee, a former dispatcher who graduated from the police academy in November, shot Brian Jarod Howie once in the arm and chest while responding to a backup call May 7. He survived.

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Morovision Night Vision Announced as ITT Authorized Distributor for Law Enforcement Market

July 11 2008 - Product News

Morovision Night Vision Inc., a leading supplier of U.S. manufactured night vision equipment since 1991, has been officially named as the authorized U.S. law enforcement distributor of ITT Night Enforcer products—most notably the Night Enforcer NEPVS-14 model and associated parts and accessories.

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Indiana Officer Injured in Dragging Incident

July 11 2008 - Top News

A Beech Grove, Ind., police officer was released from a hospital late Thursday afternoon after being dragged nearly 2,000 feet by a motorist he had pulled over, police said. 

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