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News•by Staff Writer•May 22, 2008

Is Training Certification Useful?

The idea that once we “certify” someone, we are somehow guaranteeing their competency is a subtext that runs throughout the law enforcement profession. But that's not the case.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 21, 2008

Off-Duty New Orleans Officer Dies in Drawbridge Accident

Shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday, Tommie Felix's silver BMW moved up onto an open drawbridge, past a safety barrier that failed to drop, and careered off the roadway, plunging into darkness.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 19, 2008

Avon Protection Receives CBRN NIOSH Approval for Advanced Face Masks with C420 PAPR Unit

Specialist and tactical responders can now take advantage of Avon Protection Systems, Inc.’s new C420 powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) system. The C420 blower unit used with the company’s most advanced face masks recently received National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) approval.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 19, 2008

Four Philly Officers to Be Fired Over Videotaped Violence

Four Philadelphia police officers will be fired, three others will be disciplined and a supervising sergeant will be demoted because of the violent beating of three suspects caught after a shooting, the city's mayor and police commissioner said Monday.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 15, 2008

Rogue LAPD Cop Gets 13 Years

Facing a potential life sentence in federal prison, a former Los Angeles police officer who was the admitted mastermind of a home invasion robbery gang apologized for his crimes Monday, telling a federal judge, "I became something that I despised."

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News•by Staff Writer•May 10, 2008

S.C. Deputy Shot, Killed at Domestic Dispute

An Orangeburg County, S.C., deputy was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call, Sheriff Larry Williams said earlier this week.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 10, 2008

LAPD Dietician Tries To Arrest Obesity

Rana Parker wants to protect and serve the LAPD -- protect them from doughnuts and serve them healthy food.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 10, 2008

Former Long Beach, Calif., Police Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations

Former Long Beach police officer Joseph Ferguson was sentenced this week in federal court in Los Angeles, Calif., for his role in a series of home invasion robberies over a two-year period, the Justice Department announced today. Ferguson was sentenced to 97 months in prison and four years of supervised release.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 8, 2008

Investigation Reveals that N.H. Officer was Shot in Training Accident

The four Concord, N.H., police officers involved in an accidental shooting inside the Granite State Credit Union on May 1 were conducting a training exercise, a law enforcement source said last night.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 8, 2008

Philadelphia Mosque Refuses to Bury Cop Killer

The leadership of the Germantown Masjid has refused to conduct funeral services for Howard Cain, the bank robber who killed Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski with a Chinese-made semi-automatic rifle.

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