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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 30, 2009

TREXPO East 2009: Hard Lessons

TREXPO East 2009 offered three days of classes covering topics ranging from knife defense to European tactical medicine techniques. Some of the best classes during this year's TREXPO East conference focused on terrorism and its effects on front line officers.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 30, 2009

TREXPO East 2009: Active Shooter Panel Focuses on Tactics and Training

More than 60 officers attended an Active Shooter Panel discussion at TREXPO East, participating in a lively discussion of how to respond to lone gunmen, coordinated attacks, and even terrorist incidents.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2009

Radical Mosque Leader Killed in FBI Shootout

Luqman Ameen Abdullah, known to some as Christopher Thomas, died after firing on officers during the raid, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. An FBI dog also was fatally wounded.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 27, 2009

MS-13 Member And 19 Others Caught Entering U.S. Illegally

California Border Patrol agents have apprehended 20 illegal aliens, including an MS-13 gang member, about 40 miles north of the U.S./Mexico border, Examiner.com reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 22, 2009

Probe of Mexican Drug Cartel Leads to Nearly 1,200 Arrests in U.S.

In a series of recent raids throughout the United States, federal authorities have arrested nearly 1,200 people who they say are connected to one of Mexico's most aggressively expanding and deadly drug trafficking cartels, known as La Familia Michoacana, law enforcement officials told The Times' Washington bureau.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 22, 2009

90 Arrested in Dallas Drug Bust Tied to 'La Familia' Cartel

Federal and local authorities early Wednesday arrested 90 people in Dallas as part of a nationwide methamphetamine drug distribution bust tied to the notorious "La Familia" drug cartel.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 22, 2009

Judges Reject California Plan to Cut Prison Crowding

The panel said California officials had failed to comply with their order to produce a plan to pare the number of state prisoners by 40,000 within two years. The judges agreed to postpone a decision on a request by inmates' lawyers to hold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in contempt of court for defying the earlier order, issued Aug. 4.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2009

Mass. Man Charged With Alleged Terror Plot to Attack U.S. Shopping Malls

A 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring with others to support and plan violent jihad in and outside the United States, including terror plots to attack U.S. shopping malls and U.S. military in Iraq.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2009

Norte Valle Cartel Kingpin Heads to Prison For 45 Years

A U.S. district judge sentenced the Colombian drug kingpin and former FBI top ten fugitive Diego Montoya Sanchez to a 45-year prison term. Montoya Sanchez, whose alias was "Don Diego," had entered a guilty plea to murder and cocaine trafficking.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 20, 2009

'Last Samurai' Arrested After Attacking Officer

A suicidal Pennsylvania man who threatened to torch his apartment attacked a SWAT officer with a Samurai sword, and then was taken into custody when that officer used his Taser to subdue him, the Daily Times reports.

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