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Articlesby David GriffithAugust 9, 2016

SWAT Response to the War on Police

The questions many in the SWAT community are asking is what can SWAT-trained officers do to help protect fellow officers during demonstrations and other incidents and how this might affect the way SWAT teams operate in the future.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 9, 2016

Video: Oregon Officer Saved by Vest, Gunman Wounded in Hostage Standoff

A SWAT team rescued a woman held hostage by a shooting suspect to end a standoff at a Subway restaurant in Gladstone, OR, Monday night, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 5, 2016

Video: Arizona Corrections Officer Saves Inmate's Life

Maricopa County, AZ, Sheriff Joe Arpaio shared on his Facebook page a video that he said shows a corrections officer saving a suicidal inmate's life.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2016

Organized Crime Crackdown Leads to 41 Arrests in 5 States

The 41 suspects who were arrested are reputed members of the Bonnano, Genovese, and Columbo crime families. During the arrests, agents recovered three handguns, a shotgun, gambling paraphernalia, and more than $30,000 in cash.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2016

FBI Notifies Officers of Threat from Black Guerilla Family

An alert from the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons says the BGF, an African-American prison gang, plans to kill white law enforcement and corrections officers as well as members of the rival prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2016

Instagram Posts May Have Escalated Fatal Maryland Standoff, Police Say

During the standoff, which lasted several hours, videos from inside the apartment were posted to the Instagram account of the woman, Korryn Gaines, 23, whose 5-year-old son was also in the home, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2016

Dallas Transit Officers Wounded in Ambush Take Pay Cut While Recovering

Dallas Area Rapid Transit officers wounded in the deadly July 7 ambush on Dallas law enforcement were forced to take a 30 percent pay cut while on leave.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2016

Retired Texas Officer Remembers Responding to 1966 Texas Tower Attack

Ramiro Martinez, then 29 years old, is the last surviving person among the group that brought the shooter down. He remembers details from that terrifying day to an astonishing degree.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2016

Video: Maryland Officers Kill Woman Wielding Shotgun, Son Wounded

A suburban Baltimore woman was shot and killed by police and her 5-year-old son was wounded Monday when an hours-long standoff at a Maryland apartment ended in gunfire.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2016

Slain San Diego Officer Identified, Suspect Charged

The slain officer, Jonathan DeGuzman, a husband and father of two, was a 16-year police veteran. Chief Shelley Zimmerman said he lost his life trying to make a positive difference and protect his community.

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