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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2013

4 Dead In Downtown St. Louis Shooting

Two men and two women were shot dead in downtown St. Louis in an apparent murder-suicide inside a building along Cherokee Street about 1:40 p.m. today, a police source said.

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Articlesby Will BrinkJune 13, 2013

Rethinking SWAT Training

What SWAT fitness experts are discovering is that some of this wear and tear and incapacitation can be avoided with "smart" training instead of "hard" training. Smart training is real-world oriented and job applicable. It's not just training for the sake of training.

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Articlesby David GriffithJune 12, 2013

Enforcement Motors' Yamaha FJR1300P Motorcycle

To make it suitable for American law enforcement duty the FJ1300P required modification, including a stronger electrical system to support emergency equipment such as radios, emergency lighting, and sirens.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2013

Oregon University Seeks Armed Police Officers

Currently, the university's police department has 18 Glock 21 Gen 4s and two Glock 17 Gen 4s. However, the handguns are only used for training since the university does not have the state's permission to carry firearms.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2013

Bomb Threat Evacuates Princeton University

Employees were told to leave the campus just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. No classes are in session at Princeton although some summer programs are taking place.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2013

Santa Monica Gunman Carried 1,300 Rounds

The man who killed five people in a shooting rampage at Santa Monica College Friday before he was killed in a shootout with officers carried more than 1,300 rounds of ammunition during the attack, authorities have said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2013

Lenco Offers 'MedCat' Armored Vehicle for Tactical EMS

Lenco Industries has introduced a version of its BearCat armored rescue vehicle suited to tactical EMS missions for law enforcement and the military. The BearCat MedEvac LE (also known as the "MedCat") was designed to meet the combined requirements of SWAT and tactical EMS teams.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2013

Atlanta's Street Gangs Emerged from Projects

Two street gangs in particular—the International Robbing Crew, one of the more violent in Atlanta's history, and 30 Deep, currently one of the city's most criminally prolific—have come to prove that Atlanta gangs are now different creatures.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2013

Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana

Vermont became the 17th state in the nation Thursday to eliminate criminal penalties for the possession of a small amount of marijuana, Gov. Peter Shumlin announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2013

Police Shoot, Kill Gunman In Calif. College Shooting

Five people, including the gunman, died Friday in a shooting rampage that began with a deadly home invasion and ended at Santa Monica College.

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