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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2012

Tenn. Sheriff Gets $2M To Hire Deputies

The Shelby County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Office will get $2 million to hire new deputies as it takes over the responsibilities of 25 school resource officers when Memphis City Schools merges with Shelby County Schools in 2013.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2012

Texas Murder Suspect Surrenders After Gun Grab, Manhunt

An inmate who stole a Dallas County Sheriff's deputy's gun and escaped from Parkland Hospital surrendered, after officers cornered him in a parking lot.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2012

C4i Provides Custom Dispatch Solution for Federal Facility

C4i has deployed an affordable, integrated solution at a National Park Service facility to assist with high-altitude search-and-rescue missions in the mountains of eastern California.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2012

Baltimore Man Live-Streams Standoff with Officers

As heavily armed Baltimore Police tactical officers massed outside his North Baltimore home Saturday night, Frank James MacArthur streamed his hours-long telephone conversation with police negotiator Lt. Jason Yerg live over the Internet.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2012

Coast Guardsman Killed In Confrontation with Smugglers

A veteran U.S. Coast Guard chief petty officer suffered fatal head trauma Sunday after drug smugglers in a panga rammed his vessel off the Ventura County, Calif., coastline.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 29, 2012

Steelers' QB Gives K-9 Grant To Baltimore PD

The Baltimore PD plans to use the funds to add a bomb-detecting dog to their K-9 unit and to purchase a bite suit for training purposes.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 29, 2012

Calif. Parole Officials Dropped Warrant for Top FBI Fugitive

Amid the international hunt for Jose Luis Saenz — also known as "Peanut Joe Smiley," among other aliases, authorities say — California parole officials dropped their warrant for his arrest and dismissed the alleged killer and Mexican drug cartel associate from parole.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2012

Steelers' QB Gives K-9 Grant To Ohio Agency

The South Euclid PD retired K-9 Rex in July and plans to use the funds to purchase a new canine for their department. The funds will also be used to purchase a ballistic vest for the new dog and other necessary training and safety equipment.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2012

St. Louis County Acquires SWAT Vehicle, Truck

The St. Louis County (Mo.) Police Department acquired a Lenco Bearcat and Farber equipment truck to provide a regional resource for tactical officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2012

Survey: 46% of Campus Public Safety Departments Understaffed

Training, public safety department staffing and pay, as well as active shooter and active bomber response are the biggest areas of concern revealed by Campus Safety magazine's Opinion Survey.

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