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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2018

Louisiana Motor Officer Dies of Injuries Sustained During Funeral Escort Duty

The Slidell (LA) Police Department posted to Facebook news that Motor Officer Jason Seals has succumbed to injuries sustained in late September while participating in funeral escort duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2018

Retired Georgia Officer Dies in Narcotics Task Force Helicopter Crash

David Hall had been piloting the Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter that served the Columbus-based Metro Narcotics Task Force that went down in Lake Mitchell on Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2018

Florida Captain Was "Dream Like" During Response to Parkland School Shooting

According to the Miami Herald, a commission investigating the Feb. 14 massacre was told that the Broward Sheriff's Office captain who took charge of the scene during the incident was "ineffective" and had a "dream-like" nature to her speech during the incident.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 16, 2018

Training the Bomb Hunters

Person-Borne Explosives Detection Dogs can detect explosives being carried on the body of a moving person.

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ProductsNovember 16, 2018

OD Green Gloves

Mechanix Wear says its newly designed M-Pact tactical glove in OD Green dissipates more blunt force impact energy than ever before with a new Thermoplastic Rubber (TPR) exo-skeleton.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2018

K-9 Killed in OIS Near California Wildfire Evacuation Zone

A K-9 and a suspect were killed during an officer-involved shooting near the Camp Fire evacuation zone in Butte County, CA Thursday afternoon.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichNovember 16, 2018

Robots: Remote Control Recon

Technology available to law enforcement agencies has vastly changed how officers conduct operations. And robots are a large part of this advancement.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2018

California Motor Officer Dies Following Collision with Vehicle

The Gardena (CA) Police Department posted on its Facebook page an announcement that Motor Officer Toshio Hirai has died from injuries he sustained in a traffic collision while riding his police motorcycle to work.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2018

ACLU Sues Boston Police Department for Access to Gang Database

The ACLU and other groups seeking access to the database say that they want to know the demographic background of people in the system—such as race, age, local ZIP code, and nationality.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2018

Man Selling T-shirts in Support of Man Accused of Killing Michigan K-9

"The importance was placed on the life of a K9 officer or a dog, who does not share the same rights as a human being in this country," the shirt's creator said.

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