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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeJanuary 3, 2011

K-9 Drug Detection Cases

In the usual case, both the seizure and the search must be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in order for the evidence to be admissible. The U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts have considered both issues when officers have used K-9s to detect contraband.

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Videosby Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2011

Deadly Gun Battle at Ohio Trailer Park

Officers from several law enforcement agencies exchanged fire with a suspect at a western Ohio trailer park on New Year's Day, after the suspect ambushed and fatally shot a Clark County Sheriff's deputy. Source: WDTN.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2011

Ohio Deputy Slain In Trailer Park Gunfight

The entrenched suspect wounded patrolman Jeremy Blum, as "many, many, many" rounds were exchanged between officers and the suspect, according to Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2010

Police: Gang-Affiliated Teen Murdered Chicago SWAT Officer To Steal Guns

Bernard Williams, who is affiliated with the Gangster Disciples, is the brother of a 25-year-old woman Officer David Blake was dating at the time. Police say Williams lured the officer to a dirt alleyway to apparently talk about moving in with him

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

Mexico Town's Last Officer Kidnapped by Drug Gang

Officer Erika Gandara was the only police officer in the town of Guadalupe in northern Mexico. She was kidnapped by gunmen on Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

Los Angeles To Record Less Than 300 Murders In 2010

About half of the murders in Los Angeles are gang crimes and considered "repressible," according to an editorial in the Los Angeles Times.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

Phoenix Strip-Club Shooter Planned Attack

A man who killed two people when he opened fire inside a Phoenix strip club a day after Christmas said he would have continued to fire if he hadn't run out of ammunition.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

Police Probe 'Small Explosion' at Miami Airport

A person has been taken into federal custody Tuesday, after an aerosol can inside a piece of luggage exploded on the tarmac at Miami's international airport.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 24, 2010

Univ. of Houston Officer Killed In Crash, Responding To Call

Officer Ann O'Donnell, 24, is the first line of duty death for the agency. The officer had been with the agency for about a year.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 23, 2010

First Responders Cheer Passage of 9/11 Health Bill

New York police and fire responders who developed health ailments as a result of their exposure to the toxic fumes, dust and smoke of ground zero lauded the passage of the 9/11 health bill once named for an NYPD detective.

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