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Phoenix Burglary Suspect Killed After Using Officer's TASER

June 9 2008 - Top News

A brawl outside a Phoenix home turned into a fatal shooting Saturday morning, when officers said they were forced to shoot a suspect who used a Taser stun gun on them.

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Surfer Finds Bundle of Marijuana on San Diego Beach

June 8 2008 - Top News

A surfer found more than 70 pounds of marijuana washed up on a San Diego-area beach early Wednesday morning, sheriff's deputies reported. The surfer called the Sheriff's Department shortly after 6:30 a.m. after he spotted the bundles of marijuana on the rocks on the beach south of Seagrove Park, bundled in packages weighing 1 kilogram each (2.2 pounds) and two burlap sacks.

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Suit Accuses Albuquerque PD of Racial Profiling

June 8 2008 - Top News

Albuquerque police officers stopped Edward Henry's rental car, forced him to get out at gunpoint and accused the Dallas engineer of coming to the city to steal a car, according to a federal lawsuit he has filed against the city. To the contrary, Henry, an engineer for ABB Inc., was in town in May 2006 to teach a class for the city-county water authority, but instead he left immediately after the incident.

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Sheriff Arpaio Must Give Court Statement in K-9's Heat Death

June 7 2008 - Top News

After months of fighting to avoid being interviewed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio must give a deposition in the case of a Chandler officer whose police dog died last August while trapped in a hot patrol vehicle, a judge has ruled.

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Suspect In Tenn. Deputy's Fatal Shooting Dies

June 6 2008 - Top News

A man suspected of killing a Grundy County (Tenn.) sheriff's deputy and wounding another officer has died after authorities said he shot himself at the end of a daylong manhunt, a hospital supervisor said.

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LAPD Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed in Boyle Heights Gun Battle

June 6 2008 - Top News

A Boyle Heights gun battle between Los Angeles police officers and a group of drug suspects Thursday left a narcotics detective wounded and a suspect dead. The detective, a 14-year veteran, suffered a non-life-threatening injury to one leg, but escaped a potentially deadly wound to his head when a bullet ricocheted off his helmet, authorities said.

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Dallas Detectives Battle Metal Thieves

June 6 2008 - Top News

This crime is a commodity, profit-driven crime, with the price of copper so high that people are willing to risk arrest to do the crime," said Dallas police Lt. Richard Dwyer, who commands the four-detective unit that investigates metal thefts.

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S.C. Trooper of the Year: Family’s Sacrifices Paved Officer’s Path

June 6 2008 - Top News

• Born in a refugee camp in Austria, where his parents fled from Cold War-era Hungary while Beres was still in his mother’s womb • Immigrating to the United States with only the kindness of a Connecticut church to keep his family warm and fed • Eating a lot of buttered bread and collecting cans to turn in for money to buy food and second-hand clothing “He is a shining example of not only what a trooper should be, but what a man should be,” said Cpl. Paul Brouthers, Beres’ supervisor.

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S.F. Chief Admits that She Has Not Qualified with Duty Weapon in Years

June 5 2008 - Top News

San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong has acknowledged that she has gone years without qualifying with her service pistol.

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Activist Group Says Calif. Gang Member Should Not Serve Life Sentence for Kidnapping Committed When He Was 14

June 5 2008 - Top News

Nunez and co-defendant Jose Diego Perez, 29 – both members of the violent 18th Street gang in Los Angeles – were arrested April 25, 2001, after they kidnapped Delfino Moreno, 34, from in front of his Santa Ana home.

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Illinois Police Chief Charged in Prostitution Scam that Netted $400K

June 5 2008 - Top News

Scott Fitts, 40, the police chief of Grant Park for 14 years, was arrested outside his home in Manteno and arraigned in federal court in Springfield on 10 counts of wire fraud, making false statements to federal investigators, income-tax evasion and illegal structuring of financial transactions, said U.S. Atty. Rodger Heaton, who oversees the Central District of Illinois.

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Man Killed in Standoff with New Orleans SWAT

June 5 2008 - Top News

Long before the tear gas canisters blasted through his family's flood-ravaged house, before he taunted police in a 10-hour standoff -- before he died in an exchange of gunfire with officers early Wednesday -- Eric Minshew fought a years-long battle for his own sanity.

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Utah Judge Says Man's Ninth DUI Conviction Will Stick

June 5 2008 - Top News

A judge denied a Wednesday motion to overturn a man's ninth DUI conviction, instead sentencing him to up to five years in prison. "I feel like I'm being judged on my past, which maybe I am and maybe I deserve," Robert Kent Vandyke told the judge.

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N.C. Legislature Considers Bill to Give Sex Offenders More Time

June 5 2008 - Top News

A bill before the North Carolina legislature would toughen sex crime penalties, sending some violent offenders who target children to prison for at least 25 years and then monitoring more of them by GPS satellites when they do get out.

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Streicher's Buys Arrington Police Distributors

June 2 2008 - Product News

Streicher’s Inc. , a leading public safety and police equipment distributor, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Arrington Police Distributors Inc., a well-known and respected law enforcement supply company serving the mid-Atlantic region. Streicher’s will wholly own Arrington.

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Unconventional Officer Commands San Francisco's Tenderloin Station

May 31 2008 - Top News

SFPD's Capt. Gary Jimenez isn't your typical cop. He can be unconventional, blunt and offbeat. He's come up with some comments that left the higher-ups wincing. He's also got some ideas - like his recent suggestion to start a Tenderloin safe injection center where drug addicts could shoot up under medical supervision - that have residents sputtering in opposition.

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L.A. Mayor Announces "Anti-Gang," Anti-Gun Measures

May 30 2008 - Top News

The proposed ordinances include banning .50-caliber, military-style ammunition; licensing ammunition vendors; requiring gun-store owners to make regular gun inventories and report to local law enforcement; and outlawing installation of secret gun compartments in vehicles.

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LAPD Officers Receive Awards of Valor

May 30 2008 - Top News

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council members and top Los Angeles Police Department brass joined about 800 law enforcement personnel and others at a ceremony honoring this year's recipients of the LAPD's Medal of Valor. It is the agency's highest honor and one reserved for acts of bravery in the line of duty.

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Mass. Police Can be Compelled to Take Lie Detector Test

May 30 2008 - Top News

Saying public confidence in law enforcement must be protected, Massachusetts' high court ruled yesterday that police officers can be forced to take lie detector tests during internal investigations into possible criminal activity.

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S.C. Law Gives Bikers OK to Run Red Lights

May 30 2008 - Top News

South Carolina has joined six other states that let motorcyclists, mo-ped drivers and bicyclists run red lights that don't change within a couple minutes of their stopping.

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TREXPO East 2008 Offering Attendees Continuing Education Credits

May 29 2008 - Top News

TREXPO East 2008 is offering continuing education credit to all conference attendees. The TREXPO East Conference and show will take place Aug. 26–29 in Chantilly, Va. Full show and one-day conference pass holders will receive 0.2 credits for every eight hours of training at TREXPO East.

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Atlanta's Rookie Cops Go on Foot Patrol

May 29 2008 - Top News

In recent years, working foot patrol has been a form of punishment in the Atlanta Police Department. Crashed your police cruiser? Serve a few days on the foot beat. Now it's an assignment for rookie cops as soon as they come out of the Police Academy.

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Off-Duty NYPD Cop Kills Thug, Wounds One to Prevent Robbery Attempt at Posh Chinatown Condo

May 29 2008 - Top News

An off-duty NYPD detective shot one razor-wielding robber dead and badly wounded another at a luxury condo building in Chinatown Wednesday night, police said.

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Seattle Man Gets 20 Years for 1994 Murder of Officer, Can Be Paroled in a Few Years

May 29 2008 - Top News

Family and fellow officers of a Seattle policeman who was shot to death almost 14 years ago packed a courtroom for what they hoped would be the last time Tuesday to see a man sentenced once again for the 1994 murder.

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TASER Announces Development of Officer-Worn Audio-Video Recording System

May 28 2008 - Product News

The AXON is a tactical audio-video recording and networking device designed to be worn by first responders such as law enforcement officers, soldiers, and private security. AXON integrates audio-video recording capability with tactical communications.

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