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News•by Staff Writer•October 4, 2013

Fla. State Attorney Calls for Chief's Firing

The Lakeland Police Department is "broken" and Chief Lisa Womack should be fired, Polk County State Attorney Jerry Hill wrote in a letter sent Friday to city manager Doug Thomas.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•October 2, 2013

N.J. Man Sues Over K-9 Arrest

A New Jersey man arrested by a K-9 unit outside a casino has filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic City (N.J.) Police Department claiming excessive force. Read the full story here.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•October 2, 2013

Bystanders Watch Assault of Philly Transit Cop

Onlookers watched a fare jumper assault a SEPTA transit officer and one woman recorded the fight on her cell phone rather than calling 9-1-1. Read the full story here.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 2, 2013

FBI Seizes Online Narcotics Black Market

The FBI has shut down the Silk Road online black market for drugs and charged site operator Ross Ulbricht with engaging in a "massive money-laundering" operation and of trying to arrange a murder-for-hire.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 2, 2013

Video: Bystanders Watch Assault of Philly Transit Cop

About 40 onlookers watched a fare jumper assault a SEPTA transit officer last week, and one woman recorded the fight on her cell phone rather than calling 9-1-1.

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Articles•by Amy Winter and Chris Brown•October 2, 2013

Investigating Identity Theft and Car Rental

Loyalty rewards programs offered by certain rental car companies are designed with convenience in mind—in one case, all too convenient for a car thief. By using fake credit cards and stolen drivers' licenses, a woman in Orange County, Calif., engineered the theft of 42 rental vehicles in 2012 from a major rental car company.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 27, 2013

Colo. Det. Turns Tables on Police Impostor

An undercover Pueblo County (Colo.) Sheriff's detective arrested a man in a Pueblo West cellphone store Monday, after the man pretended to be an officer and accused him of dealing drugs.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 26, 2013

Spectronics Introduces Forensic Light Kit

Spectronics Corp. has introduced the OFK-450A Blue Light LED Forensic Inspection Kit with its rechargeable Optimax 450 LED flashlight for crime-scene investigation, field evidence gathering, and laboratory work.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 26, 2013

Sensors & Software Introduces New GPR System

Using the Findar GPR system, officers can locate weapons, caches of drugs or money, clandestine graves, hidden bunkers, or soil disturbances that have been buried, and download the images to a PC in real time.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•September 25, 2013

FBI's Navy Yard Shooter Footage

The FBI has released video surveillance footage from the Washington Navy Yard shooting showing Aaron Alexis arriving and stalking the hallways with a shotgun and handgun. Read the full story here.

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