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Officer Wins Lawsuit Filed Over 2004 Pennsylvania Shooting

April 27 2008 - Top News

Six undercover drug agents were sued by Debra Fraser-Howze, founder of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS in New York City; every agent but one was dropped earlier this month from the case by Magistrate Judge Henry S. Perkin, who presided over the case in Philadelphia. Last Thursday, a jury acquitted the remaining agent, Jeffrey P. Aster, who fired the shot that killed 25-year-old Barron Wright.

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Original S.W.A.T. Footwear Introduces New Safety Toe Boot

April 26 2008 - Product News

The Original S.W.A.T. Footwear Company unveils its newest boot, the 5-inch Air Side Zip ST. Packed with comfort, safety, and performance features, this new boot has something to offer for anyone requiring safety footwear.

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California Agencies Hold Weight-Loss Competition

April 26 2008 - Top News

Ten Santa Ana police officers and 10 Orange County deputies counted calories, pounded out miles on the treadmill – and lost a combined 722 pounds in 10 weeks.

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NYPD Detectives Cleared in Bell Shooting

April 25 2008 - Top News

Three NYPD detectives were found not guilty Friday morning on all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell, who died in a hail of 50 police bullets outside a club in Jamaica, Queens.

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Utah Detective Cleared in Shooting Death

April 25 2008 - Top News

The district attorney has cleared a Salt Lake County sheriff's detective in the March shooting death of a suspected drug runner.

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Border Patrol Nabs Suspected Sex Offender

April 25 2008 - Top News

Agents with the Border Patrol said they've arrested a man wanted on suspicion of felony sex offenses in Colorado.

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Arizona Officers Shoot, Kill Murder Suspect

April 25 2008 - Top News

A man suspected of fatally shooting a man and woman subsequently was shot and killed during a confrontation with Mesa police.

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Pennsylvania Cop Gets 14 Years for E-mailing Child Porn Images

April 25 2008 - Top News

At sentencing in U.S. District Court in Camden, the former patrolman, John E. Schenberger Jr., 42, of Winslow Township, N.J., broke down in tears when he apologized to his family and the public.

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Report Says Criminals Attracted to Non-Profit Companies, Volunteer Work

April 25 2008 - Top News

At least 144 people with criminal records seek employment or a volunteer opportunity every day with a nonprofit organization, Georgia-based ChoicePoint reported today after a new audit of its records. ChoicePoint, a provider of background screening services to the nonprofit sector, compiled data from 2002 to 2007, completing more than 3.7 million background screenings. It said it found that more than 189,000 individuals who had at least one criminal conviction tried to gain employment or volu

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Unarmed Des Moines Man Shot Dead by Police, Gun Grab Alleged

April 25 2008 - Top News

A Des Moines parole violator who was shot to death in a struggle with authorities outside a south-side apartment building was unarmed, police confirmed Wednesday. But a witness said an officer told him that Bradley Edward Behmer, 50, of 5013 N.E. 12th St., had tried to take another officer's gun when he was shot in the chest.

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Invest Personal Time and Money in Training

April 24 2008 - Top News

So your agency has a limited number of instructors and not enough dough to fund that private DT class you have your heart set on. Take matters into your own hands. Don't wait for others to train you.

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Off-Duty Baltimore Cop Killed in Fight with On-Duty Officers

April 24 2008 - Top News

A 65-year-old Baltimore police officer was shot and killed by another officer this morning after he walked out of a bar with brass knuckles to join a fight outside, then drew a handgun after being hit with a Taser, police said.

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New Orleans Implements High-Tech Parking Enforcement

April 24 2008 - Top News

Watch out, parking ticket scofflaws: New Orleans' parking enforcement has gone high-tech. The city has outfitted two parking-enforcement vans with cameras emitting yellow strobe lights that can scan both sides of the street, taking a digital image of license plates on parked cars and instantly checking the tag numbers against a database of vehicle owners with long-overdue parking fines.

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Two St. Louis Officers Honored for Rescuing Family from House Fire

April 24 2008 - Top News

The St. Louis police board honored two of the city's officers on Wednesday for saving a woman and her five daughters from a house fire in February.

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Streamlight Urges Recycling of Rechargeable Batteries

April 22 2008 - Product News

Streamlight, a leading manufacturer of professional-grade flashlights, is observing Earth Day by reminding flashlight users everywhere to keep rechargeable batteries out of the solid waste system by recycling them through a program called Call2Recycle. The national program is directed by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC).

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LAPD Chopper Makes Emergency Landing

April 22 2008 - Top News

A Los Angeles police helicopter made an emergency landing on a West Hollywood street Sunday when a warning alarm indicated a possible engine problem. No one was injured.

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N.C. Officer Shot During Force-on Force Training

April 22 2008 - Top News

A 13-year veteran of the Shelby (N.C.) Police Department, Detective Todd Vickery, was struck in the thigh after Officer Randy Conner pulled the trigger of what he thought was an "air soft" training gun.

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Feds Allege Georgia Firm Sold Faulty Flash-Bangs

April 21 2008 - Top News

A Georgia military contractor tricked law enforcement agencies into buying faulty stun grenades, ultimately leaving three FBI agents injured, federal prosecutors allege in a Monday indictment.

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Man Arrested in Shooting Spree that Wounded N.J. Officer

April 21 2008 - Top News

In New Jersey, there's been an arrest in connection with a string of early morning shootings that left one man dead and two others wounded -- including a police sergeant.

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S.C. Teen Accused in School Bomb Plot Made 'Farewell' Audio Tape

April 21 2008 - Top News

An 18-year-old South Carolina student was in jail Sunday after he collected bomb-making supplies, including ammonium nitrate, in a plan to attack his high school, authorities said.

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Police Say S.C. Kid Planned to Columbine His School

April 21 2008 - Top News

A teenager in a small South Carolina town planned to conduct a Columbine-like attack this week, the ninth anniversary of the Colorado school shootings, authorities said Sunday.

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Blog Brings Human Face to Big-City Murder

April 19 2008 - Top News

Two or three people are killed each day by others in Los Angeles County. Most of them died anonymously until Jill Leovy and her blog, The Homicide Report, came along.

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Man Guilty of Killing Off-Duty Los Angeles County Deputy

April 18 2008 - Top News

A 27-year-old man was found guilty Tuesday of murdering an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy during a botched robbery attempt in 2006.

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Florida Deputy Under Investigation Torches Home, Kills Self

April 18 2008 - Top News

A Palm Beach County, Fla., deputy who was facing a potential manslaughter charge next week torched his home and car before shooting himself in the head shortly before midnight Tuesday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

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Oakland Police Brass Say Arrests Not Answer to Crime Wave

April 18 2008 - Top News

With Oakland citizens fearful and angry about crime, and some even fighting back against robbers and intruders, a top Oakland police official told city leaders Tuesday night that police alone can't solve the violence.

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