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Editorial
Editorial

Officer Shane Totty was escorting a funeral procession when a pickup truck pulled in front of his motorcycle, striking him.
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Pachmayr’s Gripper Slip-On Grip has a distinctive design and contour, allowing it to fit a large variety of popular medium to full-size pistols and provide enhanced grip and control.
Read More →Silent Partner Technologies has released its latest edition of IntelliVan, a 24/7 inventory tracking solution that provides real-time visibility of valuable assets within a variety of service vehicles through the use of RFID technology.
Read More →Officers with the Chicago Police Department are being lauded for their bravery, quick thinking and teamwork as they rescued a 33-year-old man who had fallen through the ice on Lake Michigan in an effort to save his puppy, which had also fallen into the frigid water.
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The Boca Raton (FL) Police Department is seeking officers from places being badly hit by severe cold weather to join the agency's ranks. The department posted on Twitter that the sub-zero temperatures in places like North Dakota and Wisconsin are not present in the Sunshine State.
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Officers with the New York Police Department now have a better way to communicate with subjects who are deaf or hard of hearing with a teleconferencing system that is similar to Skype, allowing the hearing impaired person to speak in sign language and the officer to communicate verbally with a translation conducted by interpreters employed by the city.
Read More →The consent decree requires officers to document each time they draw their weapons—even if they don't actually fire—and tightens instances in which officers may deploy TASERs. It also requires the department to publish use-of-force data on a monthly basis.
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The National Police Dog Foundation and United for Blue have announced that they will host the second annual Police K-9 Memorial Service on May 11 as part of Police Week ceremonies honoring fallen officers.
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The McLean (IL) Police Department is trying to have some semblance of fun with the brutally cold weather gripping much of the northern United States.
Read More →According to CBS News, a hard security perimeter of roughly a quarter mile will surround the stadium where 13 of the 15 official NFL events will take place, and the city will be the center of a 30-mile no-fly zone around the stadium. An undisclosed number of F-16 fighter aircraft will intercept any aircraft encroaching that airspace with instructions to keep the offending aircraft from nearing the event.
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