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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2003

Officer Gets Deferred Sentence in Training Death

A Providence, Rhode Island, police officer who accidentally shot his supervisor to death can avoid prison if he stays out of trouble for five years and meets conditions set by the court.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2003

Marine Fights Back in Carjacking

A Marine sergeant based in North Carolina who served in Afghanistan last year shot and killed a would-be carjacker.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2003

Number of Executions Decreased in 2001

Fifteen states and the federal government executed 66 prisoners in 2001, 19 fewer than in 2000, according to the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2003

New Arrest in London Toxin Case

London's Metropolitan police arrested a seventh suspect after the discovery of the deadly toxin ricin in a London apartment.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2003

33,000 California Sex Offenders Missing

California has lost track of more than 33,000 convicted sex offenders, although a law requires all rapists and child molesters to register each year

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2003

Man Gets Jail Time for Lying About Seeing Sniper

A Fairfax County judge has ordered a man who lied to police about witnessing one of October's DC-area sniper shootings to spend six months in jail, saying he deserved the maximum punishment because he showed "incredible callousness for the public welfare."

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ProductsJanuary 1, 2003

Uniform Boots

To match brown or tan uniforms with a rugged, performance-oriented boot, Danner has designed brown versions of two of its existing lightweight boots: Foothill and Pursuit Excel. The water-resistant leather of the Foothill and the full-grain leather of the Pursuit Excel are both integrated with a Vibram Sierra outsole and Gore-Tex liner.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 1, 2003

Preventing Training Tragedies: Hard Knocks

Today's DT training is much more gritty, more physical, and closer to an approximation of what officers experience in a real street encounter. Unfortunately, it's also much more dangerous.

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