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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

Indiana SWAT Captain Wins First POLICE Magazine Gear Contest

Capt. Gary Moody of the Columbus (Ind.) Police Department won all of the gear featured in POLICE Magazine's Well Dressed SWAT Officer contest. "I received the call to tell me I had won the day before my 50th birthday," says Moody. "It was my best present!"

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

LAPD Selects Cobham EFIS for Copters

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has announced the selection of Cobham to supply Synthetic Vision Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS) for their fleet of Eurocopter and Bell helicopters.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

Setcom Introduces Half Shell Helmet Communicator

The communications system, which can be added to most half-shell helmets, is designed with lightweight, UV-rated plastic and can be added as slide-up or snap-on option. It's compatible with Super Seer, Shoei and Bell brands.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

DEA Targets Sinaloa Drug Cartel's Cocaine Supplier

To cripple the drug trafficking and money laundering activities of one of Mexico's most active cartels, the federal government has designated its Columbian cocaine supplier as a drug-trafficking kingpin. The move gives law enforcement agencies greater powers to punish the network's U.S. associates and freeze assets.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

Nationwide DEA Sweep Nets 541 Arrests, $11 Million

The DEA declined to give specific locations, yet Arizona, Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver, Detroit, San Antonio, San Diego, Chicago, Newark and Miami are key areas.

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ProductsFebruary 25, 2011

The Claw Entry Tool

The JTC Claw is a hybrid, forcible entry tool weighing only 10 pounds with a handle made of 100% non-conductive materials. Rather that a simple breaching tool, the claw combines the operations of a Halogen, sledge hammer, pry bar, window rake, lock pick, E-Tool, door ram, and axe into one tool. The Claw is offered in tactical black and safety yellow.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2011

NF Gang Member Sentenced in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

Bismark Martin Ocampo, 40, of San Francisco, worked for the Nuestra Familia (NF) Hispanic prison gang, which exerts control over street-level Norteño traffickers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2011

Six Zeta Cartel Members Arrested In ICE Agent's Killing

Mexican President Felipe Caldéron called President Barack Obama to tell him about the capture of Julian Zapata Espinoza, a reputed Zetas cell leader nicknamed "El Piolín" (Tweety), who is allegedly responsible for the homicide of Special Agent Zapata.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2011

Six Tennessee Bloods Indicted for Murder, Conspiracy

Bloods gang members and associates allegedly committed and conspired to commit acts of murder, attempted murder, robbery, narcotics trafficking, bribery and extortion over a more than four-year period.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2011

Sixth-Grader Helps Florida Cops Catch Home Invaders

The 12-year-old hid in her bedroom closet and told the emergency dispatcher everything she could until SWAT and K-9 officers arrived to surround the residence and confront the suspects.

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