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Patrol
Feds Temporarily Ban Chemicals Used in 'Bath Salts'
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an emergency order banning three chemicals used to make street drugs known as "bath salts" and "plant food." The chemicals will be illegal for at least 12 months, and could be banned for another six months.
October 20, 2011
Patrol
Feds To Regulate Synthetic Marijuana Drugs
A new federal law would establish regulatory oversight and enforcement of 26 drugs commonly found in synthetic marijuana known as "K2" and "Spice."
June 27, 2012
Patrol
New Legal Street Drug Comes in the Form of Bath Salts, Plant Food
Mephedrone and similar chemicals are being sold over the internet in the form of bath salt, plant food or insect repellent intended for the purpose of a cheap, legal high.
January 13, 2011
Patrol
DEA to Pay $4.1M to Student Left In Holding Cell
The Drug Enforcement Administration has agreed to pay $4.1 million to a college student mistakenly left in a holding cell for five days who had sued the agency.
July 29, 2013
Patrol
More Officers Carrying Naloxone to Protect K-9s from Opioid Overdose
Some law enforcement officers in the Pittsburgh, PA, region have started carrying naloxone in case a K-9 falls ill while sniffing out drugs during detection work, such as raids and searches of cars and homes.
June 2, 2017
Patrol
Kansas McDonald's Employee Accused of Putting Cleaner in Deputy's Drink
According to Fox News, 22-year-old Trevor Hockaday has been charged with one count of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer for the incident on September 12, 2018.
October 1, 2018
Patrol
TX Convenience Store Gave Free Food and Drinks to Houston-Area Responders
TX-based convenience store company Buc-ee's gave Houston-area first responders free food and drink Friday in its Katy, TX, store as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward the city.
August 29, 2017
Patrol
Justice Department Opens Probe into Shooting of South Carolina Man
Hammond was shot by a police officer on July 26 while in the parking lot of a Hardee's fast-food restaurant in Seneca, according to Eric Bland, one of the attorneys representing the late teen's family.
August 13, 2015
Training
Drug Interdiction for Patrol
You can't single-handedly win the "War on Drugs" as a patrol officer, but keen eyes and attention to detail on traffic stops can make an impact. A simple traffic stop could very well lead to a disruption in a drug supply line.
September 4, 2012
Patrol
18 D.A.R.E. Students and Officers Will Win a Montana Adventure
As a D.A.R.E. officer, you probably know a D.A.R.E. student who inspires his or her peers to stay drug free through their example, integrity and life choices. Why not nominate this deserving student to win an exciting Montana Adventure trip sponsored by the 5.11 Light for Life Foundation? If your student wins, so do you.
February 22, 2009
Training
Snack Food
Years ago, while working at the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN), I heard an anecdote from one of the producers who had worked on a corn chip commercial earlier in her career. This event helped her put things in perspective in whatever she did for the rest of her life.
November 17, 2015
Special Units
Taking on the Drug War
In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared what he called a modern-day war on drugs, calling it "America's Public Enemy Number One." Since then, police departments all over the country have been fighting that war, without a foreseeable end.
October 31, 2006
Gangs
Patron Saints of the Mexican Drug Underworld (Part 1 of 2)
In a strange way, the iconography ties together much of the evil perpetrated by the gangs that are trafficking in drugs and human beings and their violent inhuman behavior. There is a spiritual dimension to their madness and recognition of the signs and symbols of their belief system can help you identify them.
June 1, 2010
Patrol
Actor and Ex-Con Danny Trejo Sends Food from His Restaurant to Wounded LA County Deputies
Trejo spoke with Too Fab earlier this week about his admiration for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Claudia Apolinar, who saved her 24-year-old partner's life by applying a tourniquet after they were both shot in an ambush in Compton in September.
November 6, 2020
Patrol
DEA Says "No" to Loosening Marijuana Restrictions
The gap between permissive state laws and a restrictive federal policy has become increasingly untenable in the minds of many doctors, patients, researchers, business owners, and legislators.
August 11, 2016
Patrol
5.11 Hosts D.A.R.E. Officers and Kids at Fishing Lodge
On a warm June morning in southeastern Montana, a small flotilla of trout fishing boats floated down the Bighorn River. The boats carried 10 police officers, two school children and their mothers, employees of 5.11 Tactical, and a handful of fishing guides.
September 16, 2009
Gangs
Mexican Drug Cartel Cowboys and DTOs
For more than a decade, Los Angeles street gangs have been killing about 550 to 600 people in L.A. County each year. What you probably don't know is that Mexican nationals, primarily illegal aliens, murder about an equal amount yearly. Many of these murders involve rivalries and vendettas that originated in states, cities, and ranchos in Mexico. They usually often involve Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO).
July 4, 2007
Technology
908 Devices Launches Drug Hunter Mission Mode to Combat Fentanyl and High Priority Drugs
A new software update for 908 Devices' MX908 helps first responders identify different substances with three new modes: Drug Hunter, Chemical Warfare Hunter, and Explosive Hunter
January 19, 2018
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