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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 17, 2010

East Los Angeles Priest Publishes Gang-Intervention Memoir

The Rev. Greg Boyle, the Jesuit priest who founded Homeboy Industries, has published a memoir about his work steering wayward youth away from gang involvement.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2010

Broward Deputies' Tear Gas Flushes Out Knife-Wielding Man

Deputies with the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office used tear gas to end a standoff with a suspect who had threatened officers and was seen with a knife, the Miami Herald reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2010

Florida Department of Corrections Selects Harris Corporation to Upgrade Public Safety Radio Communications System

Harris Corp. and its sales and service partner, Communications International Inc. (CII) have been selected by the Florida Department of Corrections to upgrade its existing radio system to a Harris 800 MHz P25IP (Project 25 to the power of Internet Protocol) communications network system. The new system will provide increased coverage and improved communications to 20 state correctional facilities throughout Florida and will include more than 2,200 Harris portable radios.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2010

Florida Man Follows Through On Threat To Harm Himself After SWAT Arrives

The Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office SWAT unit brought a crisis negotiator to the home of a distraught man who had threatened to harm himself and later shot himself while barricaded in a bathroom.

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Articlesby Scott SmithMarch 11, 2010

Police Product Test: ESS Eyepro Crossbow Eye Protection

Scott Smith reviews ESS Eyepro Crossbow Eye Protection, 5.11 Tactical Covert Cargo Pant, Truglo Tritium Fiber Optic Sights, Rogue Warrior Avenger Watch, and Zero Tolerance 0700 Folding Knife.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2010

Explosive Device Is Third Attack on California Anti-Gang Unit

A member of an anti-gang unit in southwest Riverside County, Calif., discovered an explosive device near his car, bringing the number of attacks against the unit to three in the past two months.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2010

Kentucky Woman Who Squirted Officer With Breast Milk Charged With Assault

The move brought a third-degree assault charge for 31-year-old Tony Tramel, who assaulted a corrections deputy as she was changing into an inmate uniform.

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Videosby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2010

Colors Movie Trailer

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers played by Sean Penn and Robert Duval patrol the streets of South Central in Dennis Hopper's 1988 cop classic.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2010

Safariland Adds Two New NIJ-06 Models to its Family of Armor Solutions

Safariland has released two additional armor models that satisfy the requirements of the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) new Voluntary Body Armor Compliance Testing Program under NIJ Standard-0101.06 (NIJ-06).

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2010

SIG Sauer Will Bring SIG716 Tactical Rifles

SIG Sauer's four AR-10 type SIG716 tactical rifle line will arrive in three barrel lengths and arrives with a fully automatic mode for law officers.

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