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Elbeco Announces Winners of "Every Elbeco Uniform Tells a Story" Contest

April 8 2008 - Product News

Elbeco Incorporated has announced the winners of its "Every Elbeco Uniform Tells a Story" Contest, which attracted entries from around the country. The contest invited public safety professionals to submit stories describing a particular incident in which their actions in the line of duty may have made a significant difference in a citizen's life.

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Gary, Ind., Police Officer Suspected In Drive-By Shooting

April 8 2008 - Top News

A Gary, Ind., police detective turned in his gun, badge and radio Thursday afternoon after Portage police identified him as a suspect in a drive-by shooting in their city last month.

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Seattle Police Department Recruits In NYC

April 7 2008 - Top News

The Seattle Police Department is recruiting in New York City, offering new hires a salary that is almost double what the NYPD pays its dwindling force.

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Two LAPD Officers Seriously Injured in Freeway Crash

April 7 2008 - Top News

Two Los Angeles police officers were seriously injured this morning when their patrol car crashed and rolled over on the Ronald Reagan Freeway (California 118) in Granada Hills, where most westbound lanes remain closed as investigators search the scene.

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ELSAG North America Formed by ELSAG Datamat's Acquisition of Remington ELSAG Law Enforcement Systems

April 4 2008 - Product News

ELSAG North America is the new corporation created by ELSAG Datamat's completed acquisition of Remington ELSAG Law Enforcement Systems (RELES), manufacturer of the Mobile Plate Hunter-900 (MPH-900) advanced Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system.

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New Florida Law Would Mandate Life Sentence for Killing Cops

April 4 2008 - Top News

Murdering or trying to murder a law enforcement officer in Florida would automatically mean at least life in prison without the chance of parole under a measure that was tentatively approved in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday.

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Customs and Border Protection Using UAVs on the Border

April 4 2008 - Top News

Four Predator B drones have become fixtures over Arizona since October 2006, and two more will join them soon, Juan Munoz-Torres, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman, said Wednesday.

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Denver Detective Says He Lacked Child Interrogation Skills for Abuse Investigation

April 4 2008 - Top News

The Denver detective assigned to find out from 6-year-old Chandler Grafner whether he had been abused testified Wednesday that, at the time, he had no forensic training in how to interview a child.

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Miami-Dade Home Invasion Suspects Hide in Shopping Mall, Trigger Police Siege

April 4 2008 - Top News

One of Miami-Dade's largest and busiest malls was shut down for hours after four home invaders tried to use it as a hide-out. Two escaped capture.

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Georgia Senate OKs Concealed Guns in Eateries, MARTA Trains

April 3 2008 - Top News

Georgians with concealed weapons permits could carry guns on MARTA trains, and into restaurants as long as they don't drink, under a bill that passed the Senate after two rounds of contentious debate Wednesday.

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St. Louis County Officer Accused of Pointing Gun Charged with Assault

April 3 2008 - Top News

A St. Louis County police officer accused of pointing his gun at a parking lot attendant during the St. Patrick's Day parade was charged Wednesday with third-degree assault.

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N.C. Man Released From Death Row After Charges Dropped

April 3 2008 - Top News

Glen Edward Chapman walked free Wednesday after nearly 14 years on death row in a case that a judge said was marred by a flawed police investigation and a faulty defense.

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Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit to get female trainee

April 3 2008 - Top News

A highly regarded female police officer has been accepted into the training program for the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit, clearing a major hurdle toward becoming the first woman officer to join the elite, insular group since its formation.

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N.C. Probation Office Slammed for Releasing Murder Suspects

April 3 2008 - Top News

One after another, the mistakes mounted in the probation offices handling the cases of the men charged with murdering UNC-Chapel Hil student body president Eve Carson. Demario Atwater, 21, had not received as much as a phone call from his probation officer for more than a year. Laurence Alvin Lovette, 17, had a probation officer who, after seven months on the job, still had not received basic training or met the teenager.

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Three Massachusetts Officers Named February NLEOMF Officers of the Month

April 1 2008 - Top News

For their efforts to save two people from a burning building, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has announced the selection of Officers Derrick Dottin, Alex Capobianco, and Steven St. Hilaire of the Somerville (Mass.) Police Department as its Officers of the Month for February 2008.

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Pelican Products Acquires Australian Distributor

March 31 2008 - Product News

Pelican Products, manufacturer of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases, today announced the acquisition of its Australian distributor, Pelican Products Australia Pty. Ltd.

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Grand Jury: Wrongdoing Possible in 2 DeKalb (Ga.) Police Shootings

March 29 2008 - Top News

A long-awaited grand jury report on police shootings in DeKalb County, Ga., recommends possible criminal prosecutions in two fatal shootings by law enforcement officers and urges authorities to investigate possible thefts of money by other officers and bias or even evidence-tampering by a former top official in the county medical examiner's office.

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Chicago PD May Replace Patrol Cars with SUVs

March 29 2008 - Top News

The next set of flashing blue lights in the rearview mirror of Chicago residents could be on top of a Chevrolet Tahoe, if new Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis gets his wish.

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Man Killed by Albuquerque SWAT Officers ID'd

March 28 2008 - Top News

The man shot to death early Wednesday at a North Valley home after brandishing a shotgun at Albuquerque officers executing a narcotics warrant has been identified as 40-year-old Lupe Fuentes Jr., the Albuquerque Journal reported this morning.

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Unlikely FBI Has Found D.B. Cooper's Chute, Says Man Who Packed It

March 28 2008 - Top News

The man who packed the parachute used by D.B. Cooper said the hijacker obviously wasn't an expert sky diver and has doubts the parachute found this month by the FBI was the one used in the world's only unsolved hijacking.

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CJB Group Deploys Balla Base Police Safety Product Prototype in Pittsburgh

March 28 2008 - Product News

The Balla Base is physically mounted to the trunks of police cruisers. It comprises a bar for handcuffing, a built-in flashlight, and two trays manufactured to hold handguns, drug paraphernalia, or other evidence collected during detainment.

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T3 Motion Teams Up With the Largest U.S. Supplier of Police and Emergency Vehicles

March 28 2008 - Product News

T3 Motion, Inc., today announced it has signed an agreement with America's largest police and emergency vehicles upfitter, MHQ Municipal Vehicles, to distribute the revolutionary T3 Series vehicle in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.

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Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Sentencing Hearing

March 27 2008 - Top News

A federal appeals court today refused to reinstate the death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

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San Diego SWAT Searches Mall for Shooting Suspect

March 27 2008 - Top News

Police surrounded San Diego's Plaza Bonita mall last night while SWAT officers searched for a man believed to be involved in a shootout at a southeastern San Diego cemetery.

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Fed Official Refuses to Watch Video of N.Y. Auxiliary Cops Being Murdered

March 27 2008 - Top News

A Justice Department lawyer refused Wednesday to watch a harrowing video of two auxiliary cops being murdered - even though Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said it proved they were heroes who deserve federal recognition.

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