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Articlesby Dean ScovilleMay 1, 2009

What Can be Learned from the Oakland Tragedy

Four officers murdered. A fifth wounded. One suspect dead. A police department in shock. Not since the 1970 Newhall shooting has an officer-involved shooting reverberated so strongly throughout the law enforcement community.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichMay 1, 2009

TREXPO West: Hands-On Training for Attendees

Many attendees at the 2009 edition of TREXPO West in Long Beach, Calif., put their minds and bodies to work advancing their tactical and technical skills.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichMay 1, 2009

TREXPO West: Are Gang Members Hopeless?

On the first night of TREXPO West 2009, four gang experts sat on a panel moderated by FOX 11 Los Angeles investigative reporter Chris Blatchford to discuss the challenges gangs pose for law enforcement.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 1, 2009

Cancer Treatments: Battling Cartels

One thing is clear about the battle against the Mexican cartels: Your strategy for countering it tends to reflect your personal world view. And regardless of where you work on this continent, Mexican drug cartels present a great danger to you as an American law enforcement officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 30, 2009

California Senate Considers Bill to Outlaw Prison Cell Phones

In an attempt to curb the problem, the California Senate is expected to pass a law next week that will make it a crime for the nearly 172,000 state prison inmates to possess cell phones or for people to smuggle them into prisons.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 30, 2009

Mexico to Start Screening Vehicles at Border

Unsupervised entry of cars and trucks from San Diego into Tijuana will soon be a thing of the past, Mexico's customs agency says. By midsummer, the Puerta Mexico checkpoint, through which drivers on Interstate 5 travel into Mexico, will be equipped with technology intended to help combat the southbound smuggling of guns, cash and other contraband by drug-trafficking organizations.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 24, 2009

Propper Debuts Light Tactical Pant

Propper International introduces the new Propper Light Tactical Pant, just in time for the warm weather. Exclusive to Propper, the Light Tactical Pant comes with a free black nylon duty belt, a secure wallet pocket-in-a-pocket, and a double coin/utility pocket, all at a wallet-friendly price of $34.99.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 23, 2009

Third Man Arrested in Murder of L.A. Sheriff's Deputy

A third suspected gang member has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Juan Abel Escalante outside his parents' Cypress Park home, authorities said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2009

Gunman Kills Two and Takes Own Life at Southern California Hospital

A pharmacy technician showed up for work at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center on Thursday brandishing two handguns, killed his boss and another manager and then fatally shot himself, witnesses said. A rumor of impending layoffs apparently triggered the attack.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2009

FBI SWAT Action Near San Diego May Have Foiled L.A. Kidnapping

According to the complaint, the case began when the FBI's Major Mexican Traffickers Strike Force began to focus last year on a drug-smuggling ring allegedly headed by Armando Gonzalez. Over time, however, the focus shifted from drug smuggling to kidnapping as the strike force learned that Gonzalez's group was stalking people who purportedly had stolen a 2,500-pound load of marijuana from them.

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