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News•by Staff Writer•April 23, 2010

BART Fires Second Officer in Fruitville Station Shooting

Officer Tony Pirone was seen on cell-phone video punching Grant, then kneeling on him when Officer Johannes Mehserle shot him.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 22, 2010

National Gang Violence Conference Coming to California in June

The California Gang Investigators Association, ATF, FBI, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will present the 19th Annual Gang Violence Conference June 29-July 2 at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel in Anaheim, Calif.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 22, 2010

White Supremacist Groups May Be Behind Attacks on Calif. Officers

Coordinated raids at various sites on Tuesday resulted in 35 arrests in Riverside County—fertile ground for groups such as the National Socialist Movement, the Hammerskins and COORS ("Comrades of our Racist Struggle") Family skinheads.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•April 21, 2010

Oshkosh Defense's Tactical Protector Vehicle (TPV)

Jack Reiff of Oshkosh Defense shows us around the Tactical Protector Vehicle (TPV) at POLICE-TREXPO West. The armored vehicle offers tactical teams features such as retractable skip plates, a FLIR imager and optional sniper turret. Video shot by Paul Clinton and edited by Kelly Bracken.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 21, 2010

Safariland Adds STRIKE Shield to PROTECH Tactical Line

Safariland's STRIKE Shield addresses the growing need for ballistic protection during active shooter/first responder operations, according to the company.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 20, 2010

Guatemalan Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 31 Years for Armed Cocaine Trafficking

A federal judge sentenced Jorge Mario Paredes-Cordova to 31 years in prison for leading an armed cocaine trafficking organization that imported ton-quantities into the U.S.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 20, 2010

U.S. Supreme Court Hears SWAT Texting Case

U.S. Supreme Court justices began discussing the merits of the firing of a California SWAT sergeant for receiving sexually explicit text messages on his department-issued pager.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 19, 2010

Man Bites K-9 Officer at LAX

Prosecutors filed felony battery charges against a transient who bit an airport police officer at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 19, 2010

FNH USA and Leupold Team Up for Precision Shooting Competition

The competition will showcase 30 two-man teams representing the finest sniper/counter sniper teams from the U.S. military as well as local, state and federal law enforcement communities.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•April 16, 2010

LAPD's Chief Gates on Creation of SWAT

Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates discusses the founding of SWAT, as a result of lessons learned by the Watts riots of the 1960s in this clip that appeared in "Police Quest: SWAT 2," a series of PC-based video games bearing his name from the 1990s.

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