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Built for Patrol: How One Police Chief Fixed Communication, Boosted Visibility, and Changed the Culture

Patrol work hasn’t changed—but the expectations on officers have. See how one police chief helped officers get the right information at the right time, improve patrol visibility, and strengthen trust without adding complexity or surveillance. This real-world story shows how patrol-driven technology can make the job safer, smarter, and more effective—starting on day one.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 29, 2009

NYPD Will Receive Federal Stimulus Money After All

Federal officials have found additional stimulus funds that will allow the New York Police Department to turn the tide from Tuesday's announcement that it had been passed over for funding, the New York Times reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2009

Gates Arrestor Taught Recruits Peril of Racial Profiling

Sgt. James Crowley, the Cambridge police officer criticized by President Obama for his arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., has taught a class to police recruits about the dangers of racial profiling, the Boston Globe reports.

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Articlesby Dave SmithJuly 21, 2009

Cutting Through the Noise

I find the world is filled with more and more "noise" that makes it difficult to find the actual "signal" that is the information we truly need.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2009

St. Louis Police Chief Transfers Three Instructors Out of Police Academy

St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom said Wednesday that he had transferred three of the Police Academy's leaders for meting out what he considered to be uneven discipline to cadets.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterJuly 10, 2009

Duty Holsters: 2009

With all of the duty holsters available today, it's amazing to think the only option for police officers used to be black leather. Now there's also laminate, nylon, and all manner of synthetics. For finish there's basketweave, plain, or high gloss. Not to mention increasingly innovative retention devices in holsters from level 1 to 3. Here's a selection of holsters for duty carry encompassing all of these variations.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterJuly 10, 2009

Using Your Foot

A swift kick can do wonders in a violent confrontation, but you have to know how to deliver it. Law enforcement agencies equip and train officers with pistols, rifles, shotguns, batons, OC, TASERs, canines, horses, basllistic shields, battering rams, emplty hand self defense, and countless other potentially dangerous law enforcement tools, but may be hesistant when an officer properly and justifiably uses kicks for self-defense or to subdue a suspect. The U.S. Supreme Court held in Graham v. Connor that the reasonableness of an officer's actions must be judged by the circumstances at the time the force is used. It did not restrict of limit the tactics that an officer can employ.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 2, 2009

Investigators Search for Cause of Colorado Recruit's Death

Sergio Aragon had just completed the standard physical agility test conducted by the Pueblo County Sheriff's Department as part of its normal hiring process when he collapsed and became unresponsive.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 1, 2009

Colorado Sheriff's Recruit Dies After Physical Test

A 34-year-old Pueblo man died Monday shortly after he had completed a physical agility test as part of the hiring process for the Pueblo County Sheriff's Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2009

Los Angeles County Sheriff Prioritizes Female Hiring

In an effort to provide more opportunity for qualified female deputies and comply with a consent decree that arose out of a 1980 sexual discrimination lawsuit, the department is stepping up its efforts to recruit more women.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2009

Mentally Disabled Man Convicted of Killing San Jose Cop

A mentally disabled man was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a rookie San Jose police officer in 2001. DeShawn Campbell, 29, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Officer Jeffrey Fontana with a single shot to the head from a .45-caliber pistol during a traffic stop early Oct. 28, 2001, in San Jose's Almaden Valley neighborhood.

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