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News•by Staff Writer•June 18, 2008

Arizona Police Horse Assaulted in Weekend Incident

Two men were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of assaulting Tempe, Ariz., officers. One also allegedly hit an officer's horse.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 14, 2008

Louisiana House Votes for Castration for Sex Offenders

he House gave lopsided approval Wednesday to a bill that would allow chemical or physical castration as a punishment for some sex crimes. On a 69-14 vote, House members approved Senate Bill 144 by Sen. Nick Gautreaux, D-Abbeville, sending it back to the Senate for approval of House committee changes.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 13, 2008

Dallas PD to Begin Testing for Steroid Use

The Dallas Police Department plans to start testing officers for illegal anabolic steroids use on July 1. Police officials said they had been researching incorporating testing for steroids as part of their random drug testing program for at least a year, said Acting Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 13, 2008

North Carolina Carjacking Foiled by Stick Shift

Rule No. 1 for would-be carjackers: Know how to drive the vehicle you're planning to steal. A pair of criminal masterminds failed to follow that rule overnight in the University area of Charlotte. They got away, but not with the car they'd planned to steal.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 13, 2008

NYPD Considers Equipping All Patrol Officers with TASERs

The New York Police Department is considering giving stun guns to officers who walk the city's streets, a police spokesman said on Wednesday, prompting calls for restraint from a human rights group. Spokesman Paul Browne said police supervisors started carrying a compact version of the stun gun, which incapacitates people with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity, last week.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 12, 2008

Pryme Radio Products, MRSI International Inc., and FATPOT Technologies Integrate New GPS

Pryme Radio Products, MRSI International Inc., and FATPOT Technologies are pleased to announce the successful completion of the integration and demonstration of a Public Safety grade GPS tracking solution overlaid on an existing multi-site, simulcast Public safety radio network.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 12, 2008

Near Lightning Strike Injures Officer

A lightning strike injured a police officer making a traffic stop in Hampton, N.H., early Wednesday morning.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 11, 2008

From London: The World's Most Stupid Thief

"It was quite clear that he was checking himself out in the reflection of the CCTV camera. "The general consensus is that he is not the brightest spark. He was there for a long time and either didn't care or wasn't aware he was being filmed."

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News•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2008

EF Johnson Technologies receives $10 million contract from Yukon Government

EF Johnson Technologies has received a $10 million contract from the Yukon government. The contract calls for the company to provide its Project 25 compliant Conventional IP25 infrastructure system along with its Project 25 compliant portable and mobile radios and accessories.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 10, 2008

ITT to Supply First Responders with Night Vision

ITT Corporation today announced that its night vision division has received an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide PVS-14 night vision kits to first responders through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP).

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