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Articlesby David GriffithAugust 1, 2002

TWO if by Sea: Tactical Waterborne Units

The lesson of the Baltimore exercise is quite clear: police agencies can't just arbitrarily decide that their jurisdictions end at the water's edge and assume that anything on the water will be handled by the Coast Guard, the Navy, or somebody else.

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Articlesby Lois PilantAugust 1, 2002

The Fifth Element

Welcome to the new battleground. Called "fifth-dimensional battlespace," it takes the old three-dimensional battlefield (the spatial dimensions of length, width, height or depth of an area), and the temporal dimension of time, and adds the fifth dimension of cyberspace.

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Articlesby David GriffithAugust 1, 2002

Field Dressing

The reality of the contemporary police special ops team is very different than the image of LAPD SWAT that was burned into America's collective consciousness by the hit show.

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Articlesby Al ValdezAugust 1, 2002

Home Invasion Robberies

Indo-Chinese street gangs have made these robberies a popular form of crime for today's gangsters.

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Articlesby Dave DouglasAugust 1, 2002

Shock Absorbers

If you are shot while wearing body armor, you will still feel the energy of the bullet's impact. But if the armor works, the force will be spread out over your entire torso rather than in just a specific area.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2002

Austin PD Gets Automated Fingerprint ID System

The Austin City Council recently approved a $400,000 grant to go toward a new automated fingerprint ID system for the Austin Police.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2002

Ottawa Tactical Team Outfitted with Tasers

Ottawa's provincial government announced that police tactical units will be allowed to use Tasers, according to The Ottawa Citizen.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2002

NYPD Plans to Post Police Overseas

The New York Police Department is considering putting cops in Canada, Europe and the Middle East in a global initiative to guard New York City from terrorism.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2002

Authorities Fear Terrorists May Use Emergency Vehicles as Bombs

Officers nationwide have been alerted to watch for emergency vehicles--ambulances, fire trucks, and even cop cars--that could be repurposed as terrorist weapons.

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