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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2010

FBI Warns LE Agencies About Video Barbie Porn

The $50 Video Girl Barbie, which hit toy stores in July, can record 30 minutes of footage, which can be uploaded to a computer. The Nov. 30 memo told agents to be on the lookout for Video Girl Barbie as a "possible child pornography production method."

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2010

NYPD Boss: 3,000 Cameras Will Help Secure World Trade Center

Addressing concerns that security measures on the project would be "Draconian," Kelly wrote that he would make no apologies for the measures because the site "remains a prime target of our enemies."

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2010

Suspect Arrested After Fatal Shooting of Mississippi Deputy

Suspect Franklin Fitzpatrick of Pontotoc was arrested, after apparently scuffling with a second deputy. He has been charged with capital murder.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2010

Online Tool Helps Indiana Agency Solve Residential Burglaries

LeadsOnline, a nationwide online system that records secondhand transactions, kept a record of the reported stolen items and alerted the police when several of the items turned up at a secondhand store. The information led police to one of the individuals involved in the theft ring.

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Videosby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2010

Deputy Walks In On Robbery In Progress

A suspect enters a San Dimas (Calif.) convenience market on Dec. 9, 2009 and purchases a few items so that the clerk opens the register drawer. He then removes a semi-auto pistol from his pocket. The clerk hits their silent alarm and a few moments later a LASD deputy walks in, but doesn't see the customer's left hand. The suspect, about 12 feet from the deputy, looks right into her eyes and instead of shooting her, slips his gun back into his pocket and casually walks out.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2010

Half-ton of Meth Seized In Georgia 'Superlab'

The Atlanta Field Division of the DEA sent its Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team in white "bunny suits" to collect evidence at the site prior to clean up.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2010

Mexico Arrests Regional La Familia Cartel Leader

Federal police arrested 37-year-old Jose Alfredo Landa Torres, known as "Skinny," who was recently named to head the organization's Morelia operations.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 29, 2010

Suspected Aztecas Gang Leader Arrested in Juárez

Mexican federal police today announced the arrest of a man accused of being the leader of the Aztecas gang and who allegedly ordered a hit of a U.S. Consulate employee last March.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2010

Video: Ex-LAPD Detective 'Shocked' by Arrest In Cold Case

New interrogation-room videos released this week show LAPD detectives questioning and arresting one of their own as a suspect in the 1986 murder of a woman who had married her ex-boyfriend.

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Articlesby POLICE Magazine StaffNovember 22, 2010

A Field Guide to Mexican Drug Cartels

At least seven major Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) are primarily responsible for the $39 billion drug trade that floods narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border. Here's a guide to the most active, and largest, cartels.

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