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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2010

Gunman Shot After Opening Fire During School Board Meeting

Prior to discharging his weapon, the shooter brandished a can of red spray paint and painted a V with a circle around it on a wall. He then brought out his weapon and began addressing the board meeting.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 13, 2010

Drug Crew Used Police-Equipped Crown Vic to Rob Rivals

The Crown Victoria had been outfitted to represent a law enforcement vehicle. The vehicle had red and blue strobe lights, orange and white strobe lights, a siren, spotlight and front push bar.

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Articlesby Robin Hattersley GrayDecember 10, 2010

Univ. of Texas Austin Passes Active Shooter Test

Fortunately, law enforcement and university staff and administrators had undergone training, had good working relationships with each other, as well as with other agencies, had appropriate plans, had a layered mass notification system and had a trained student population that was prepared to respond appropriately.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2010

2010 Juárez Officer Body Count Reaches 64

Three Juárez police officers were shot and killed in an ambush outside an elementary school Wednesday afternoon, and when other officers responded, they were fired on also.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2010

California Sheriff To Burn 'Bomb Factory' House

After uncovering crates of grenades, mason jars of white, explosive powder and jugs of volatile chemicals in the home, authorities say the only safe method is to burn it to the ground.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2010

Judge Denies Bail for Mehserle

Former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle will continue to serve his seven-month term in jail while an appeal of a jury's involuntary manslaughter conviction against him moves through the courts, a judge declared Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2010

L.A. Sheriff Using API's Video Aiming Device for Bomb Disposal

The Hawki video aiming device is attached to a disrupter and utilizes a camera and rangefinder to automatically place cross hairs on the robot operator's monitor. While approaching a target, the cross hairs adjust the aim point based on the range to the target to show the operator the true point of impact for their shot.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 2, 2010

DEA: Houston PCP Seizure Is Largest Ever

The arrests came at the climax of an 18-month investigation dubbed Operation Scratch Off; DEA agents seized 57 gallons of the PCP in the bust.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2010

Meth Superlab In Georgia

Take a closer look at the raid led by the Gwinnett County (Ga.) PD's Special Investigation Section of a meth house in suburban Atlanta that resulted in the seizure of almost a half-ton of methamphetamine with a street value of $44 million. Police arrested a Texas man in connection with the bust. Photos courtesy of Gwinnett County PD.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2010

Robbery Suspect Hurls N.J. Police Dog Into Traffic

A man fleeing after allegedly committing a robbery hurled a police K-9, Shultz, into traffic Tuesday night. Gloucester County (N.J.) PD later apprehended the suspect.

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