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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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Articlesby Melanie BasichNovember 12, 2009

Teaching All Dogs New Tricks

As the role of the police dog expands, training has taken on more importance, even as economic times threaten the funding for the dogs and their handlers.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2009

Maryland State Police Pilot Caused Copter Crash, NTSB Finds

The crash occurred, after "the pilot's attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his failure to arrest the descent at the minimum descent altitude during a non-precision approach," according to the agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2009

Las Vegas Police Raid 6 Hells Angels Locations

Armed with warrants, Las Vegas Metro Police searched a Hells Angels clubhouse and five residences associated with the motorcycle gang, following a confrontation between rival biker gangs at a wedding chapel, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2009

Feds Bust 'Marshall Organizaton' Drug Ring

Fifteen members of an Eastern Michigan drug trafficking group calling itself the "Marshall Organization" have been indicted by federal authorities, the Department of Justice has announced.

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