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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 12, 2009

D.C. Police Freeze Hiring In Gay Liason Unit

The unit is staffed by openly gay and lesbian officers, and has dwindled to four officers from seven. Instead of hiring officers for those positions, Lanier wants to train patrol officers who ask to work with the gay community.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 6, 2009

City Committee Tells LAPD To Stop Hiring Officers

A city budget committee has asked the Los Angeles Police Department to stop hiring officers at least until January, as part of an effort to eliminate a $405 million budget shortfall, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 1, 2009

San Antonio Officer Named 2009 Police Officer of the Year

Officer Pedro Garcia saved the life of one critically wounded officer and helped rescue another in a shootout in the city's South Side last September.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2009

Atlanta PD Recruits New Officers in Economically Downtrodden Ohio

To help fill 150 jobs with more seasoned officers, the Atlanta Police Department is heading to Ohio, an industrial state that's been hit hard by the economic downturn, WXIA.com reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2009

Dallas PD Heads to El Paso To Hire Spanish Speakers

Officers from the Dallas Police Department headed to El Paso this weekend to recruit "borderland" officers to fight crime in the northern Texas metropolis, KFOX reports.

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ProductsSeptember 18, 2009

Maglite Caps

Bust A Cap's Maglite Cap, a rapid entry tool made from special steel, attaches to the MagLite D Cell C Cell and Mini Mag AA flashlight to help break glass such as a car window with just one tap.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerSeptember 17, 2009

Douglas County (Colo.) Sheriff's Detention Unit

Inmates at Douglas County Detention Center in Colorado are indeed being punished, but the deputies who work there don't style themselves as punishers. Rather, they work as enforcers and facilitators-maintaining order and teaching life skills that will hopefully reduce the number of "repeat customers" to the jail.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2009

LE Groups Form Committee to Bolster Recruitment

In a joint statement, the groups said the partnership is vital in the face of state and local governments' unprecedented budget crises.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2009

Former California Assistant Sheriff Gets 27-Month Sentence

A onetime assistant sheriff and trusted aide of convicted former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona was sentenced Monday to 27 months in prison for scheming to defraud the public of honest services and filing a false tax return.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2009

TRU-SPEC Announces Limited Time $10 Discount on 24-7 Tactical Pants

TRU-SPEC is offering its on duty/off duty 24-7 tactical-style pants in all styles and in sizes up to 44 at just $29.95 retail during a special promotion that runs Sept. 15 through Nov. 15. The $29.95 special price is the lowest retail price at which TRU-SPEC 24-7 pants have ever been offered since they were introduced at the 2008 SHOT Show.

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