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Newsby Staff WriterMay 23, 2011

NYC Kingpin Wrapped Drugs In Carbon Paper To Avoid Detection

The NYPD arrested Ricardo Gonzalez-Santiago, identified as a lieutenant in a Puerto Rican cartel, as he left a Times Square hotel Friday carrying two suitcases stuffed with 36 kilos of cocaine valued at $1.3 million.

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Police Product Test: 5.11 Tactical RUSH MOAB 10 Pack

POLICE Magazine reviews 5.11 Tactical's RUSH MOAB 10 Pack, Tactical Tailor's Hybrid Enhanced Vest, and Tru-Spec's Tru Xtreme Apparel.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2011

Dodger Stadium Beating Suspect Is a Documented Gang Member

In an early Sunday morning raid of an east Hollywood apartment, the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit arrested one of two men suspected of savagely beating a Giants fan at Dodger Stadium.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2011

Safariland Introduces Monadnock Impactor Forearm Shield

The Model 5500 Impactor is designed to work with defensive baton techniques and OC spray, as a tool for controlling combative or uncontrollable subjects.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 19, 2011

Cartel Operators Used Indian Reservation As Smuggling Pass-Through

Acting in coordination with a southwestern Arizona Native American tribe, the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 27 of 46 suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel who smuggled illegals and drugs through reservation land.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2011

Newest Detroit Recruit: Former Racehorse

The animal was donated by Denise Lutz, wife of retired automotive executive Bob Lutz, both of whom were instrumental in resurrecting the Detroit Police Mounted Unit after it was disbanded in 2005 for budgetary reasons.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2011

Dodger Stadium Fan Beating Reward Upped to $200K

The Dodgers contributed additional funds to bring the reward to more than $200,000. Also, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said 17 detectives are working full-time on the case.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleMay 17, 2011

Shots Fired: Panama City, Florida 12/14/2010

At the sight of the man with the gun, word spread quickly throughout the building, reaching Mike Jones, chief of safety, security, and police for Bay District Schools, who was in his fourth floor office. Running downstairs, Jones arrived to find Clay A. Duke casually swinging the barrel of his gun back and forth at the men assembled frozen before him.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2011

Blogger Finds Sensitive NYPD Counter-terror Docs In Trash Can

A New York blogger found documents from the New York Police Department's Chemical Ordinance, Biological and Radiological Awareness (COBRA) task force, and posted them online.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2011

San Jose Campus Shooting May Be Murder Suicide

San Jose State police wouldn't disclose the identity of the shooter or the victims, although authorities say the individuals involved knew each other and were two men and one women. Police are also saying the attack was not random and not gang related. It is unclear if the victims or shooter were students.

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