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News•by Staff Writer•February 28, 2013

Black P Stone 'General' Gets 20 Years for Drug, Gun Crimes

A high-ranking member of a south side Chicago black street gang received 20 years in federal prison for narcotics and firearm charges stemming from his arrest in late 2011.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 27, 2013

Mass. SWAT Cop Shot In Training Exercise

A Chicopee (Mass.) Police officer was shot and seriously injured during a special weapons and tactics training exercise Monday afternoon just outside Westover Air Reserve Base.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 26, 2013

Inmate Fatally Stabs Federal C.O.

Officer Eric Williams, 34, was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m. following the assault at United States Penitentiary-Canaan, a high security institution located near Waymart about 20 miles east of Scranton.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 26, 2013

Mexican Police Seize Drug Cannon at Border

Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California.

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Articles•by J.D. Lightfoot•February 25, 2013

Rethinking Active Shooter Response

The threat of active shooters is on the minds of both the public and law enforcement. Now that so many people in law enforcement and the public are looking for ways to prevent active shooter attacks, it's time to rethink the way that we respond to these attacks.

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Articles•by Paul Scarlata•February 25, 2013

Smith & Wesson Performance Center SW1911 Pistols

S&W's Performance Center pistols are carefully assembled from the finest components, using all of the traditional skills of the custom gunsmith. The results are handguns that are not only distinctive and attractive, but are eminently shootable and capable of extreme accuracy.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 22, 2013

Wounded Md. Trainee Released from Hospital

Ten days after being shot in the head during a police training accident, a University of Maryland police trainee has been released from Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 21, 2013

Two San Diego Deputies Wounded In Standoff

Two San Diego County Sheriff's SWAT deputies were wounded during a 10-hour standoff with a 22-year-old man whose suicide ended the confrontation.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 20, 2013

Report Identifies Newtown Gunman's Disorder

The gunman who shot 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December couldn't handle being touched by anyone but his mother.

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Articles•by Jon Adler•February 20, 2013

Protecting the Children

FLEOA does not support anyone using the Second Amendment as a scapegoat for the Newtown tragedy. Instead, FLEOA is recommending a Safety Summit that includes law enforcement, the NRA, and legislators.

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