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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2010

El Paso Area Agencies Seek Federal Grant to Combat Border Crime

The El Paso Police Department is teaming up with a handful of other law enforcement agencies to seek a $5 million federal grant to fight crime along the border.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2010

Free Sight-Saving Eye Exams Available for Service Dogs

The ACVO/Merial National Service Dog Eye Exam Event brings together veterinary ophthalmologists and thousands of service dogs for free exams. Registration begins April 1st for the May 2010 event.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 18, 2010

Raids Aim to Find Killers of 3 in Mexico

Some 200 American law enforcement agents cracked down Thursday morning on a notorious gang in El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to determine whether its heavily armed members were behind the shooting deaths of three people connected to the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 17, 2010

East Los Angeles Priest Publishes Gang-Intervention Memoir

The Rev. Greg Boyle, the Jesuit priest who founded Homeboy Industries, has published a memoir about his work steering wayward youth away from gang involvement.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2010

Broward Deputies' Tear Gas Flushes Out Knife-Wielding Man

Deputies with the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office used tear gas to end a standoff with a suspect who had threatened officers and was seen with a knife, the Miami Herald reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2010

Florida Department of Corrections Selects Harris Corporation to Upgrade Public Safety Radio Communications System

Harris Corp. and its sales and service partner, Communications International Inc. (CII) have been selected by the Florida Department of Corrections to upgrade its existing radio system to a Harris 800 MHz P25IP (Project 25 to the power of Internet Protocol) communications network system. The new system will provide increased coverage and improved communications to 20 state correctional facilities throughout Florida and will include more than 2,200 Harris portable radios.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2010

Florida Man Follows Through On Threat To Harm Himself After SWAT Arrives

The Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office SWAT unit brought a crisis negotiator to the home of a distraught man who had threatened to harm himself and later shot himself while barricaded in a bathroom.

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Articlesby Scott SmithMarch 11, 2010

Police Product Test: ESS Eyepro Crossbow Eye Protection

Scott Smith reviews ESS Eyepro Crossbow Eye Protection, 5.11 Tactical Covert Cargo Pant, Truglo Tritium Fiber Optic Sights, Rogue Warrior Avenger Watch, and Zero Tolerance 0700 Folding Knife.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2010

Explosive Device Is Third Attack on California Anti-Gang Unit

A member of an anti-gang unit in southwest Riverside County, Calif., discovered an explosive device near his car, bringing the number of attacks against the unit to three in the past two months.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2010

Kentucky Woman Who Squirted Officer With Breast Milk Charged With Assault

The move brought a third-degree assault charge for 31-year-old Tony Tramel, who assaulted a corrections deputy as she was changing into an inmate uniform.

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