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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

Oakland Grieves For Slain Officers

Grief is rippling from department headquarters on Seventh Street throughout the city after the shooting deaths Saturday three Oakland sergeants by a 26-year-old parolee whom police had pulled over in a routine traffic stop.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2009

MAE Export Management Appointed International Export Managers for U.S. Armor

MAE Export Management has announced that it has been appointed export managers for U.S. Armor products.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2009

Big Turnout at East Oakland Vigil for Police

A thousand people pressed into a three-block area around the slaying site at 74th Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard, where the doves were released. The mourners wept, sang songs and prayed for the fallen officers and for the city's healing.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2009

Protective Products' International PPI Hornet Vest Wins Accolade

Protective Products International (PPI) has announced that the Hornet Urban Assault Systems Tactical Vest has received an overall score of 4.32 from the National Tactical Officers Association’s (NTOA) Member Tested and Recommended Program.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2009

Oakland Officers' Slayings Reignite Assault Weapon Debate

Chuck Michel, a civil rights attorney representing the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said such talk is "political opportunism at its worst," in furtherance of flawed public policy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2009

Oakland Officer Removed from Life Support

Oakland police Officer John Hege has been removed from life support, three days after a parolee unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed three other officers, authorities said today.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2009

Parolee Stood Over Stricken Oakland Motor Officers and Fired Again

Lovelle Mixon, a parolee on the run, already had shot Oakland police Sgt. Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege. Then, as the two men lay on the ground, Mixon stood over them and fired again.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Vallejo Police to Offer Aid to Oakland

The Vallejo Police Department will be helping its Oakland counterpart in the wake of the weekend shootings of four officers, Chief Bob Nichelini said Sunday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

Ervin Romans - Compassionate SWAT Veteran

An Oakland officer since 1996, Ervin Romans, 43, of Danville was a member of the entry team, busting down doors to arrest barricaded suspects. It was during just such an operation Saturday in which Romans was shot to death in an East Oakland apartment.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2009

John Hege - Always the First to Respond

John Hege, 41, joined the Oakland Police Department 10 years ago after a stint as a reserve officer. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Moraga and had taught physical education and oversaw study hall at Tennyson High School in Hayward.

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