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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2018

Guard1 Inmate Tracking Tag Adds Wristband Removal Detection

Guard1 tags use TimeKeeping Systems' proprietary RF technology to provide real time location and zone based tracking in correctional and behavioral healthcare facilities.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2018

L.A. County Sheriff Announces Inquiry Into Deputies' Secret Societies

Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has launched a comprehensive inquiry into secret deputy cliques and is looking into whether gangs that condone illicit behavior are operating within his ranks.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Video: Helicopter Used in Daring Police Rescue Lands in Law Enforcement Museum

A U.S. Park Police helicopter used to save five people after a plane crashed into the freezing Potomac River in 1982 has been saved from the scrap heap and will be preserved in the National Law Enforcement Museum soon to open in Washington, D.C.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Legal Weed Putting Some Canadian Police Dogs Out of Work

"Our interdiction dogs are often used to form grounds to continue searching or to arrest people," said Staff Sgt. Gary Creed, a senior trainer with the RCMP's police dog service in Innisfail, Alberta., where all of the national police force's dogs are trained. If they are trained to sniff marijuana, some of their evidence would not be admissible in court, he said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Ohio Officer Critically Wounded in Standoff Released from Hospital

Ptacek, a member of the Lorain County SWAT team, was shot during a standoff May 31 in Sheffield Lake. The SWAT team and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2018

Washington K-9 Finds Domestic Violence Suspect Hidden in Dryer

Spokane, WA, police were searching for a domestic violence suspect when their K-9 found the man hiding in a household dryer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2018

Union Criticizes "One Day in Jail" for Alleged Drunk Driver Who Killed Officer

DPA President Mike Mata wrote in a statement, "It is reprehensible that Adrrian Breedlove, the man arrested and charged with the intoxication murder of a Dallas police officer was given a $76,000 bail, allowing him to spend less than one day in jail."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2018

LAPD Officers Rescue Hostages During Store Barricade Incident

Over the course of the standoff, police and SWAT officers helped some customers escape down ladders from windows and could be seen carrying children to safety.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2018

Toronto Police Not Ruling Out Terrorism in Sunday's Deadly Shooting

Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said cops were investigating "every possible motive, including terrorism."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2018

Mississippi K-9 Dies of Heat Stroke Inside Deputy’s Car

The six-year-old Belgian Malinois was reportedly left inside a Hinds County (MS) Deputy's car while he ate lunch at a nearby restaurant.

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