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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2011

Calif. Gang Member Convicted for Nearly Killing Undercover Cop

A California gang member who nearly killed an undercover police officer is expected to receive at least 50 years in prison, after a jury found him guilty.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2011

Ex-Employee Opens Fire In Chicago FedEx Building

A former employee opened fire in a FedEx facility near Chicago's Midway International Airport this morning, sending workers scrambling for cover before turning the gun on himself.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2011

Penn. Community College Graduates Cadet Class

The Harrisburg Area Community College graduated its 100th class of police recruits of 30 men and one woman on Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2011

UC Berkeley Student Shot by Officer In Computer Lab Dies

An undergraduate student at University of California, Berkeley has died after being shot by police while allegedly brandishing a gun in a computer lab.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2011

Nogales Border Agents Seize Cocaine from Truck's Fuel Tank

U.S. customs agents seized more than $500,000 in cocaine from a false compartment of the fuel tank of a Ford F150 truck at a border checkpoint in Nogales, Ariz.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 15, 2011

L.A. County Jails May Be Out of Room Next Month

Authorities expect Los Angeles County jails to be filled up next month, as a result of a new state law requiring the shift of 33,000 state inmates to local jurisdictions.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterNovember 14, 2011

Victory Police Motorcycles

Victory Motorcycles, a division of Polaris, has introduced three new motorcycles into the police market for 2012—the Commander I, Commander II, and Vision. The touring-type bikes are conversions of the civilian Victory models Cross Country, Cross Roads, and Vision Tour respectively. The distinctively styled bikes have been upfitted for police use, tested in Michigan and Los Angeles by precision LE drivers, and adopted by several smaller agencies. Victory reps tout the officer-safety features on the cycles.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 14, 2011

L.A. Sheriff Punished Deputies With Jail Duty

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been assigning deputies who have been disciplined for assorted misconduct to work in county jail as part of their sanctioned punishment.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 14, 2011

Electric Flash-Bang: Cejay Engineering's Hero

Cejay Engineering's new Hero marking product is a distraction device with the goal of protecting officers and agencies from accidents with flash-bangs. The Hero is a battery-operated distraction device that emits an ear-splitting 130 decibels and flashes five times per second a blinding 600 lumens of light.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2011

Steelers' QB Gives K-9 Grant to Ohio Police

Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, an Ohio native, has awarded a grant to the Norwood (Ohio) Police Department to fund training and safety equipment for the K-9 unit.

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