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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2011

Conn. State Police Outfit 400 Vehicles With In-Car Video

The contract covers installation of Panasonic's Toughbook Arbitrator 360 in-car digital video system, which can record, transfer and store 360-degree high-quality digital video. Evidence can be transferred automatically to police station servers using wireless hotspots.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2011

N.J. Township Renews Lease To Upgrade Police Motorcycles

The Bloomfield Township (N.J.) PD can now upgrade its motorcycle fleet under a program that has expanded to include other types of equipment, such as police cruisers, EMS vehicles, fire trucks, buses, tactical vehicles, or surveillance equipment.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2011

Rockwell Collins' iForce System Increases Situational Awareness for Officers

Rockwell Collins' iForce system, which was unveiled at IACP 2010, allows officers to control radio, electronics and computer functions in their patrol vehicle using a single interface.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 9, 2011

Zero Upgrades Electric Motorcycles for 2011

The Zero S and Zero DS have been given a new look; and the street and dual sport models will become the world's first production electric motorcycles to feature a maintenance-free belt drive system. Zero has also increased the capacity of the power packs by 12.5% to extend the motorcycles' range.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2011

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Questions Troopers' Take-Home Vehicles

The Cuomo administration says it's looking at whether New York state needs to buy, fuel and maintain nearly 60,000 vehicles in fleets, including nearly 3,500 trooper cars. About half of those vehicle are assigned to investigators and command officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2011

Texas DPS Adds Two AS350 B3 Helicopters

In addition to law enforcement and patrol missions, the mission scope of Texas DPS now includes search and rescue, tactical operations and homeland security missions throughout the state. The AS350 B3 copters will give Texas DPS additional payload, range and endurance to enhance their capacity to respond to these vital missions.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2011

Go Rhino Unveils Pair of New Heavy Duty Partitions

Go Rhino! has unveiled two new heavy duty partitions for patrol vehicles, including a sliding window partition, as well as a 50/50 partition with a flat- or recessed-panel option.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2011

Illinois Police Deploy Snowmobiles After Blizzard Hits

Two snowmobiles owned by the Round Lake Park (Ill.) Police Department were put into service Wednesday afternoon to assist with some 40 vehicles that had slid off roadways.

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Articlesby David GriffithFebruary 3, 2011

High-Tech Engines in the New Cop Cars

The end of the Crown Vic has heralded one of the most exciting eras in the history of law enforcement vehicles. The first true 21st century police cars have extremely sophisticated engines.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2011

S.C. Cop Crashed Cruiser Off-Duty While DUI

Former North Charleston (S.C.) Police Officer Nicholas Lomma violated several agency policies, including driving a city vehicle while intoxicated and driving a city vehicle outside a 10-mile radius of the city limits while off duty.

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