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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2009

Seattle SWAT Enters Home, Does Not Find Lakewood Suspect

A Seattle police SWAT team this morning swarmed a Leschi home surrounded overnight but did not find suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons inside.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2009

Tucson SWAT Raid Nets 2,000 Pounds Marijuana, 5 Arrests

During a SWAT raid of a Holiday Inn, Tucson police recovered 2,000 pounds of marijuana and various weapons as they arrested five suspects, including two who hid in the ceiling as officers entered the property.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2009

White Supremacist Gets His Death Row Wish

White supremacist Billy Joe Johnson is heading to his new Death Row home for killing a fellow gang member who gave a television interview about PEN1, a Southern California gang affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood, the Orange County Register reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 23, 2009

BART Officer's Glass-Shattering Arrest Makes YouTube

While arresting a belligerent passenger, a San Francisco BART transit officer and suspect bumped into a station window, causing shattered glass to rain down on the two men.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2009

University of Georgia Adds NABCO's Explosive Containment Vessel

NABCO Inc announced the sale of a Total Containment Vessel (TCV) to the University of Georgia Police Department, which becomes the first campus law enforcement agency in the nation with its own capabilities to counter and contain chemical, biological, and explosive threats.

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ProductsNovember 19, 2009

Witness Interview System

The ParMarLow Witness Interview System allows for prompting the interviewer without interrupting the interview. The line of questioning can be directed without alerting the suspect. The short range (100 to 200 feet) of the system keeps the transmissions in house. Used with the ParMarLow WR-PWRx07 Wireless Earpiece, the suspect is unaware that the interviewer is receiving information from the investigative team.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerNovember 19, 2009

Loon Mountain (N.H.) Ski Patrol

The bread-and-butter calls on Paul Hayes' beat are ones you might expect: traffic control, investigating thefts, finding lost children, and handling unruly public intoxicants. Then there are the ones you might not expect: evacuating aerial chair lifts, transporting injured people via sled, and dealing with drug- or alcohol-fueled "Ski.U.I." incidents.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2009

Florida SWAT Unit Clears Hostages From T.J. Maxx After Standoff

SWAT members helped hostages leave the store and were seen using a blanket to drag out a women who had been injured when one of the gunmen pushed her to the ground.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2009

Fixing Mexico's Police Becomes a Priority

The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most of its members themselves didn't pass, and a supervisor was rigging results to make sure others did.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2009

Woolrich Donates Freedom Blanket Proceeds To Wounded Warrior Project

Woolrich Elite Series Tactical will donate portions of sales from its Freedom Throw blankets to a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of injured military men and women, the company announced.

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