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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2010

Mexico Fires 3,200 Federal Officers In Corruption Probe

Of those, 465 have been charged with crimes. An additional 1,020 officers face disciplinary proceedings for failing confidence exams.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2010

Drew Peterson's Officer Son Suspended

From the witness stand Monday, Stephen Peterson recalled that on Oct. 30, 2007, Drew Peterson showed up at his son's North Aurora home with two or three guns. Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, was reported missing the day before Drew Peterson's visit to his son's home.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2010

Texas Cops Make Arrest In State's Oldest Unsolved Cop Killer Case

Gary Wayne Pettigrew is suspected of killing Tribble, 38, while the officer was returning to work after dropping off cough medicine to his ailing son.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 26, 2010

Former FBI Agent Accused of Planning to Kill Estranged Wife, Another Agent

The FBI deemed former special agent Carlos Ortiz "erratic and dangerous for years," an assessment that culminated Wednesday in his firing and arrest. Ortiz, 48, is accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife, who is a bureau analyst, and the head of the Dallas FBI field office.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2010

Zistos Introduces New HD Pole Camera

Zistos Corp., a leading manufacturer of body-worn, portable pole camera systems, has introduced the HD Pole Camera Inspection System (HD-A9)-a full 1080P HD, battery-powered system that utilizes core technology developed by Panasonic. It features a 12x optical zoom and digital recorder, a triple sensor, 3 megapixel camera head (with a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080), a built-in 2-channel microphone, and a range of advanced tuning functions.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2010

Officers Stop Virginia Gunman Who Killed Two, Wounded Four

Louisa County (Va.) Sheriff's deputies fatally shot Charles Sponaugle, who had an ongoing dispute with two other family members over a 1.5-acre lot after Sponaugle's mother died without leaving a will.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2010

Denver PD Re-Opens Internal Probe of Videotaped Arrest

"Additional witnesses and new information has been made available to investigators," the department announced in a news release late Thursday. "As a result, the case has been reopened."

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleAugust 20, 2010

Shots Fired: Midway, Georgia 03/23/2010

A Monday afternoon, a small blue VW, and a one-armed man in a dress suit: Hardly the components one is apt to conjure up when envisioning a firefight.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleAugust 20, 2010

Risk Management

Things are not technologically stagnant in the SWAT community. New versions of the tried and true, as well as innovative uses of modern mechanisms, simultaneously bring SWAT teams closer to suspects in the safest way possible and bring situations to safer conclusions.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2010

Juarez Cartel Member Extradited To U.S. For Drug Trial

Purported Juarez Cartel associate Felipe Dominguez-Vargas has been extradited from Mexico to stand trial on federal drug trafficking charges.

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