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News•by Staff Writer•March 9, 2010

Michigan Officer, Suspect Killed in Shootout During Domestic Call

Jackson Officer James Bonneau was killed. Blackman Township Public Safety Officer Darrin McIntosh was shot in the lower body and taken to Allegiance Health. His wound is not believed to be life threatening.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 2, 2010

Mexican Drug Gangs Take Over National Parks and Forests

Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 1, 2010

Standoff in L.A. County Ends with Gunman Surrendering

A dramatic, nearly 10-hour standoff between the Los Angeles SWAT team and a gunman who shot and wounded a woman in a domestic dispute ended Sunday afternoon when the barricaded suspect surrendered.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 23, 2010

Supreme Court Validates Tampa PD's Miranda Warning

Kevin Dewayne Powell, who was arrested in August 2004 on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, informed officers he possessed a handgun, after police recited their standard Miranda warning to him.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 21, 2010

NYPD Will Videotape Interrogations

The initiative, which will begin in two of the department's 76 precincts, is opposed by the detectives' union and supported by city district attorneys.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 11, 2010

Agent Who Infiltrated Hells Angels Wins Key Ruling in Complaint Against ATF

Jay Dobyns, an ATF agent in Arizona for 22 years, contends in U.S. Court of Claims papers that his bosses failed to uphold an agreement to protect him after he received death threats from the Hells Angels.

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Articles•by David Spraggs•February 11, 2010

Firearms Forensics

I realized that even without the murder weapon, the prosecution still had an immense amount of significant ballistic physical evidence linking Abeyta to the murder. And thanks to good forensic work and the invaluable NIBIN database that tracks images of ballistics evidence, it was enough to convict him.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 10, 2010

FBI Extradites Colombian Cartel Leader For Trial

The State Department advisory alleges that Salomon Camacho and a partner were responsible for sending many tons of cocaine to the U.S., including as much as 9 metric tons between 1999 and 2000.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 9, 2010

Texas Agency Deploys Leica 3-D Laser Scanner for Crime Scene Investigation

Citing its ability to enhance criminal prosecutions while reducing investigation time, Bexar County Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz introduced his agency's new Leica Geosystems ScanStation C10.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•February 8, 2010

Domestic Dispute Spills Into the Street

Sacramento police officer Jennifer Ruff arrests a domestic violence suspect in this reality show clip. The arrest takes a turn after the suspect gets the officer's attention while handcuffed in the back of the squad.

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