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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2011

Border Patrol Seizes $2.3 Million In Pot

Tucson-area Border Patrol agents seized more than 4,700 pounds of marijuana valued at about $2.3 million earlier this week from three vehicles, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2011

Copper Thieves Cause $360K in Damage to School

Copper thieves did $360,000 worth of damage at Moya Elementary School in west Phoenix after destroying 30 of the school's air conditioning units to steal their copper coils.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 26, 2011

U.S. Targets Four International Criminal Organizations

The Obama administration announced new sanctions against four international criminal organizations on Monday in an attempt to cripple their reach into the United States.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 26, 2011

Armored Vehicle Aids In Rescue of Shot Parks Officer

The officer radioed for help at about 7 p.m. Monday, reporting he had taken automatic rifle fire from multiple assailants and was wounded. Police believe the officer may have run across marijuana growers defending their cash crop.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2011

Texas Roller-Rink Shooter 'Had Targets'

A father fatally shot his estranged wife and four members of her family during a private party for their 11-year-old son at Forum Roller World in Grand Prarie.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2011

20 Injured In Two Seattle-Area Shootings

Twenty people were wounded in two separate shootings in south King County over the weekend at a car show and casino.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2011

Feds Say Baltimore Cop Sold Heroin at Station, Ran Ring

A Baltimore Police officer who allegedly ran his own drug ring at one point brazenly sold heroin at the parking lot of the Northwestern District Station while in uniform, according to a federal indictment.

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Videosby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2011

Hammerspike Window Breaching Tool

Hammerspike is a breaching tool from Shieldspike that's designed to breach the glass of vehicles and structures.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2011

Calif. Sheriff Seizes $200 Million In Pot Plants

The Ventura County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office has eradicated a massive outdoor grow operation. Investigators also discovered several campsites with several hundred pounds of equipment including tents, propane stoves, sleeping bags, fertilizers, pesticides, and an enormous amount of trash.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerJuly 18, 2011

Responding To the Tucson Shooting

For policing professionals, the Tucson shooting offers another opportunity: to analyze the local public safety response to learn what worked, what could have been done better, and what takeaway lessons might help other agencies respond to a mass-casualty incident in their own city.

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