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COPLINK Introduces First Fully Automated CompStat Solution

May 7 2008 - Product News

Knowledge Computing Corporation today announced the availability of CompStat Analyzer -- a powerful crime trend analysis and performance enhancement solution that integrates seamlessly with the company's award-winning COPLINK solution suite. CompStat Analyzer is the first in a series of innovative new product modules that the company will release in 2008.

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96 Arrested in San Diego State Drug Bust

May 6 2008 - Top News

Ninety-six people have been arrested, including 75 students, after a six-month undercover drug investigation centering on San Diego State University, the district attorney's office announced today.

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Safer Shot to Begin Independent Testing and Certification of Its M-22 Non-Lethal Weapon

May 6 2008 - Product News

Safer Shot Inc. announced today that they will begin independent testing of the M-22 Non-Lethal Weapon in May. The independent field trial program, which is expected to last 30 days, is designed to measure product durability, safety, and non-lethal cartridge velocity. In conjunction with the phase two testing program, the safety training and certification courses designed for law enforcement agencies and individuals are scheduled for completion.

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Philly Cop-Killer Suspect Paroled in 2006

May 5 2008 - Top News

The man who police said killed Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski was under parole supervision for a 1996 Philadelphia robbery after serving the minimum of a 9- to 18-year prison sentence, according to state officials.

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Budget Crunch May Prevent LAPD Expansion

May 5 2008 - Top News

On paper, paying for the new officers looks easy. If the City Council approves the mayor's budget, annual trash fees will have been raised by more than $140 million since 2006. But hiring so many new officers is much trickier when home sales are flat, sales taxes are down and city employee pay raises have cost nearly $90 million extra with each successive year.

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Illinois Officers Hit Dunkin' Donuts Roofs Special Olympics Benefit

May 5 2008 - Top News

For the sixth year in a row, Illinois police officers will stake out Dunkin' Donuts rooftops to benefit Special Olympics Illinois.

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Charlotte Extends Medical Insurance to Widows of Slain Officers

May 4 2008 - Top News

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and Charlotte firefighters now have additional peace of mind in the form of extended insurance coverage. The city is extending medical insurance to family members of those killed in the line of duty.

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L.A. Police Aggressively Target Hard-Core Gangs

May 4 2008 - Top News

The mayor's office and the LAPD are promising to consolidate thinly scattered anti-gang resources and pour them into 12 beleaguered neighborhoods -- gang reduction zones -- where intense suppression would be coupled with gang intervention and prevention programs.

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UNC Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty to Parole Violation

May 3 2008 - Top News

A lawyer for the man accused of killing UNC student leader Eve Carson told a judge today that his client did not know he was on probation at the time of Carson's death. Damario Atwater, 21, pleaded guilty today to violating his probation on break-in and gun charges. Superior Court Judge Ripley Rand activated what had been probationary sentences, meaning Atwater will serve 20 to 35 months in prison.

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Texas Trooper Murder Suspect Found Dead; Girlfriend Arrested

May 2 2008 - Top News

An alleged cop killer, who was once an officer himself, reportedly took his own life Thursday as police closed in on him after an extensive manhunt.

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N.C. Highway Patrol Suspends K-9 Program Over Accusations of Rough Training

May 2 2008 - Top News

The N.C. Highway Patrol took its police dogs out of service indefinitely Wednesday, after a hearing exposed rough obedience techniques such as shocking, suspending and kicking dogs.

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$30,000 Reward Offered for Info on Trooper Slaying Suspect

May 2 2008 - Top News

Several East Texas businesses and district attorneys’ offices have put up a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for the death of Trooper James Scott Burns, the Department of Public Safety announced today.

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LAPD Crackdown Credited with Lower Crime on Skid Row

May 2 2008 - Top News

The Los Angeles Police Department and some people who live and work on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles - the city with the nation's largest population of homeless people - say that crime is dropping and that the streets are safer and cleaner than they were just two years ago.

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Chicago Cop's Lawyer Seeks Gag Order in Bar-Beating Case

May 2 2008 - Top News

The lawyer for a Chicago police officer captured on tape viciously beating a female bartender wants to bar attorneys and witnesses from speaking publicly about the case.

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Officers to Sit on Krispy Kreme Roofs for Special Olympics

May 1 2008 - Top News

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. and law enforcement officers have united again this year for the annual Cops on Doughnut Shops program to benefit Special Olympics.

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Alleged Killer of Texas Trooper Believed Armed and Dangerous

May 1 2008 - Top News

He is a former peace officer who had two encounters with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers during the month of April, one that ended in his arrest and the other in the death of a trooper.

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Man Wanted for Allegedly Killing Texas Trooper is Former Police Officer

May 1 2008 - Top News

The man who is the subject of a region wide manhunt after allegedly killing a Texas state trooper was once a peace officer himself.

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San Francisco Police Stage Campus Shooting Drill

May 1 2008 - Top News

San Francisco law enforcement and emergency crews have prepared for violent campus outbursts and put their plan into practice for the first time Wednesday in a simulated shooting with dozens of victims at St. Ignatius College Preparatory.

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Man Facing Prison Term for Stabbing San Diego Police Dog

May 1 2008 - Top News

A man accused of threatening two people with a knife at a San Diego motel and stabbing a police dog pleaded guilty Monday to assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer.

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Lovelorn Man Causes Gun Scare on NYC Campus

May 1 2008 - Top News

Rebuffed by one woman, a lovelorn student took another coed hostage at City College of New York Wednesday and held a gun to her head in a crowded waiting room, cops said.

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Carjacked New Orleans Drug Suspect Rams Police Car

May 1 2008 - Top News

A suspected drug dealer who had been carjacked at gunpoint by a customer found a rather unique way to save himself: He rammed his hijacked sport utility vehicle into the front end of a police cruiser, authorities said.

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U.S. Marshal Shoots Suspect After Being Dragged by Car

April 30 2008 - Top News

A U.S. marshal was injured and a suspect was wounded Wednesday during an arrest and manhunt in Snellville, Ga..

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Monadnock Releases AutoLock Baton with Hand Shield

April 29 2008 - Product News

The new AutoLock Defender shields a user’s gun hand from hostile strikes with a guard that fits over one’s knuckles. The guard helps keep the baton firmly gripped during blocking, striking and jabbing techniques and can be used with gloved or bare hands. The Defender is available in 16”, 18”, 21”, 22” and 26” lengths in black chrome finish with a textured grip.

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LAPD Practices for May Day Disturbances

April 28 2008 - Top News

On a warm morning earlier this month, about 600 Los Angeles police officers gathered in the empty parking lot at Dodger Stadium for some high-stakes role playing. Most pretended to be protesters -- standing in for the ones expected to converge on downtown Los Angeles on Thursday as part of May Day immigration rallies planned across the country.

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LAPD Officer Drives a Busy Desk

April 27 2008 - Top News

Seven hours into her shift, Los Angeles Police Officer Nazik Halburian faced a lanky man in a filthy T-shirt stretched across the counter of the Southwest Division station. "I just want my disability!" he cried.

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