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Newsby Staff WriterApril 27, 2012

5.11 Tactical Introduces Tactical Breaching Tools

5.11 Tactical will release its line of breaching tools in the fall that offer lighter weight tools for patrol officers as well as a heavy kit and hydraulic training door for entry teams, the company announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 26, 2012

Feds: TSA Screeners Waved Drugs Through LAX

Federal agents arrested two former and two current Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners on narcotics and bribery charges for allegedly taking cash payments to allow large shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana to pass through X-ray machines at security checkpoints.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 25, 2012

Fish Fertilizer Helps Drive Away Pot Smokers at Colo. University

The University of Colorado successfully suppressed an annual "4/20" marijuana smoking event on its quad on Friday by shutting down the campus and spreading an unpleasant-smelling fish-based fertilizer.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 25, 2012

Va. Teacher Charged With Firing Blanks at Students

A teacher at William H. Neff Center, a career and technical school, was charged with 12 felony counts of brandishing a firearm on school property after he allegedly lined students up against a classroom wall and fired a starter pistol at them, execution-style.

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ProductsApril 23, 2012

SAFE-T Explosive Detection Items

Already in use by military organizations, Raptor Detection Technologies' SAFE-T explosives detection products are now available to law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2012

NTOA Announces New Executive Director

The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) has named Mark Lomax as its new executive director. Lomax, according to a release, "brings us a unique set of qualifications, with an exceptional blend of law enforcement, training and academic experience."

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Videosby Staff WriterApril 18, 2012

Retired NYPD Lt. Stops Pharmacy Robber

A retired NYPD lieutenant fatally shot a Bloods gang member who attempted to rob a Harlem pharmacy with two accomplices. The retired cop was filling up his car at a gasoline station across the street, when the robbery occurred. Read the full story here.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2012

Video: Retired NYPD Lt. Stops Pharmacy Robber

A retired NYPD lieutenant fatally shot a Bloods gang member who attempted to rob a Harlem pharmacy with two accomplices, who are still being sought by police.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2012

Barricaded Suspect Who Shot Calif. Deputy Planned Ambush

The former security guard suspected of gunning down the Stanislaus County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputy and locksmith who tried to evict him had planned an extended ambush of officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2012

Calif. Prisons To Block Prisoner Cell-Phone Use

The private company that maintains the pay phones in California prisons has agreed to install technology to block the use of smuggled cellular phones by prisoners.

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