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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2012

Maryland Student Arrested for Online Death Threat

A 19-year-old student from the University of Maryland allegedly posted an online threat warning people to "stay away from the mall" because the student was planning to "kill enough people to make it to national news."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2012

Officers at Clinic Shooting Trained for Virginia Tech-Style Incident

Six University of Pittsburgh officers responded to a shooting at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic within two minutes of the first emergency call. The officers, who killed the gunman, had been trained for a Virginia Tech-style campus shooting.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 9, 2012

Wash. Officer Shot, Judge Stabbed

SWAT teams in western Washington state were looking for a suspect who fled a courthouse Friday after allegedly shooting a female officer and stabbing a judge who came to her assistance.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 9, 2012

N.J. Cop Shoots, Kills Mall Hostage Taker

An off-duty police officer fatally shot a shoplifter who was holding a hostage at knife point inside Woodbridge Center Thursday evening.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2012

Psychiatric Clinic Gunman Killed By Campus Officer

A campus police officer fatally shot a man who opened fire at a University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic today in a shooting that left two people dead and seven other injured.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 7, 2012

Allen-Vanguard Distributes Trio of Macro USA's Tactical Robots

The three platforms include the Beetle, a lightweight Nano-UGV that can be hand thrown onto a roof or into a window; the Armadillo, a slightly larger and multi-purposed Micro-UGV; and the Scorpion, a robust Small-UGV capable of deploying various specialized tools.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 7, 2012

Indiana C.O. Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver

Lake County (Ind.) Sheriff's deputies are searching for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed corrections deputy Britney Muex while she was jogging with three colleagues.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 6, 2012

Sheriff's Drone Crashes Into SWAT Vehicle

The Montgomery County (Texas) Sheriff's public unveiling of its new surveillance drone quickly fizzled after the unmanned aircraft crashed into the department's Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2012

Killer Collected $30K In Unemployment From Prison

A Southern California gang member received $30,000 in fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits while he was incarcerated and funnelled the money into the accounts of prison gang members.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2012

Thermal Imaging

A high-end thermal imaging system such as FLIR's Star SAFIRE HD offers law enforcement officers a powerful search tool for detecting heat-emitting objects across large search areas. The system offers a high-definition infrared camera mounted to an airborne unit that produces both EO (electro-optic) color and IR (infrared) white-hot images. Photos courtesy of FLIR Systems.

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