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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 4, 2012

L.A. Sheriff's Detectives Bust $6M Marijuana Grow

Los Angeles County Sheriff's narcotics detectives seized more than 2,000 marijuana plants worth an estimated $6 million at three locations and arrested two suspects.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2012

Kansas Man Shoots Officer in Face, Then Kills Self

A 19-year-old man who shot at Salina, Kan., police officers Thursday evening, hitting one in the face, may have been dead for much of the six-hour standoff that followed.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2012

IACP 2012: NYPD Doubles Gang Unit To Focus On 'Street Crews'

To combat "street crews" that have replaced the Bloods, Crips and other traditional gangs, the New York Police Department will double the size of its gang investigative unit, Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 1, 2012

Idaho Man Killed by Officers After Shooting Spree

An Idaho man suspected of shooting another man in the chest, as well as shooting at several random individuals Saturday was killed by Coeur d'Alene police officers after he opened fire on the officers following an estimated 5-mile car chase.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 1, 2012

Ga. Humane Society Calls for Investigation of Police K-9 Death

The dog, Sasha, was found dead Sept. 3 inside the Chevrolet Tahoe belonging to her handler, Lt. T.J. Frye of the Warwick Police Department in South Georgia, according to a Warwick police report. Frye returned home from a three-day trip to find the animal inside the vehicle. He later buried Sasha in his own yard.

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ProductsSeptember 30, 2012

Screen Ops Gloves

5.11 Tactical's Patrol, Duty, and Tactical Screen Ops Gloves with specially constructed fingertips enable efficient and precise operation of touch screen devices with all five fingertips.

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ProductsSeptember 30, 2012

Batlskin System

Revision Military, manufacturer of protective soldier solutions, has made its Batlskin Modular Head Protection System available via retail.

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ProductsSeptember 30, 2012

Waterwall System

Cintec North America's Waterwall System consists of a series of water inflated, rapidly deployable, blast suppression devices designed to isolate or shield suspicious objects in order to protect both people and infrastructures.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2012

Prosecutors: Colo. Theater Shooter Threatened Professors Before Attack

The suspect in Colorado's deadly movie theater attack was barred from university property for threatening a professor, prosecutors said in court documents released Friday, raising more questions about why campus police didn't report his actions to other authorities.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2012

N.M. Chief Resigns, Leaves K9 As Only Certified Member of Force

The police chief of the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn resigned Wednesday, leaving the town with just one certified member on its police force—a drug-sniffing dog named Nikka.

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