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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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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2012

Tactical Texting Ends Utah Hostage Standoff

SWAT officers with the Roy (Utah) Police Department ended a hostage standoff late Tuesday by sending a series of text messages to the suspect using another man's cell phone.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 26, 2012

Top FBI Fugitive, Cartel Enforcer Captured In Mexico

A Los Angeles gang member who killed two gang rivals and murdered two others was returned to the United States to face charges after his capture Friday in Guadalajara.

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Videosby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2012

Fla. Teen Planned School Massacre

In a  series of chilling cellphone videos, Jared Cano described his plans to bomb his former high school and shoot students and teachers. Read the full story here.

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