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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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St. Louis PD Admits Officers Drove Impounded Cars

July 18 2008 - Top News

The daughter of St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and an untold number of police officers got free use of cars from a company with a lucrative police contract to tow and store cars, the department admitted on Friday. The officers and Aimie Mokwa for years have been able to take previously impounded cars from St. Louis Metropolitan Towing, 1325 North 10th Street, and drive them for weeks or months at a time with no strings attached.

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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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Des Moines Cops Call Body Art Ban Unreasonable

July 11 2008 - Top News

Chris Morgan loves his job, but he hates that he has to go a little more undercover. The West Des Moines police officer must wear a long-sleeved shirt when it's 90 degrees outside—all because of the tattoos on his forearms.

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Chicago's Top Cop Faces Tough Questions About Rising Violence

July 11 2008 - Top News

Citing last week's shootings following Taste of Chicago fireworks, rising gun violence across the city and low morale among police officers, a key alderman has called for Police Supt. Jody Weis to appear July 15 before a City Council panel to answer questions about his performance.

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Fort Lauderdale Chief Reportedly Shot at By Wife

July 11 2008 - Top News

Eleanor Adderley, wife of the Fort Lauderdale police chief, shot in her husband's direction while he was lying in their bed, and then continued shooting as he ran out of their Plantation house, according to police.

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Houston PD Arrests Suspects in Major Copper Theft that Knocked Out Local Phone Service

July 11 2008 - Top News

Houston police have arrested three men and are searching for a fourth accused of stealing copper telephone cables and temporarily knocking out phone service in parts of north Houston in recent months.

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Propper International Introduces Defender Series Outerwear

July 10 2008 - Product News

Propper International has introduced a new line of law enforcement outerwear inspired by advanced technologies from both the military and high-end ski and mountain gear. The new, lightweight waterproof-breathable line, named Propper Defender Series, is designed to replace heavy and outdated law enforcement jackets with the latest in outerwear technology.

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California Gang Member Tagger Detained for Allegedly Attacking 6-Year-Old with Spray Paint

July 10 2008 - Top News

A teenage gang member was arrested Wednesday for allegedly spray-painting the face and body of a 6-year-old boy who saw him vandalizing a wall, authorities said.

Another teenager allegedly restrained the child while the 15-year-old who was arrested sprayed him with blue paint, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Capt. James Hellmold.

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LEO Fatalities Plummet 41 Percent During First Six Months of 2008

July 10 2008 - Top News

After an unexpected surge in 2007, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the United States plummeted 41 percent during the first six months of this year, reaching the lowest level in more than four decades, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) have announced.

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Illinois Man Uses Toddler as Shield Against Police TASER

July 10 2008 - Top News

With a Taser pointed at him, a LaPorte, Ill., man barricaded inside his home grabbed his 2-year-old daughter early Tuesday and used her as a shield.

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19 LAPD Officers to Face Discipline Over Mayday Park Melee

July 10 2008 - Top News

Los Angeles police officials announced Tuesday that 17 officers and two sergeants from the department's elite Metropolitan Division should be punished for their roles in last year's May Day melee in MacArthur Park, which left scores of people injured.

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