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Articlesby Melanie BasichFebruary 1, 2009

Green Wheels

Current trends indicate that saving money and improving community relations will continue to drive law enforcement policy decisions for the foreseeable future. Following this train of thought, vehicles that run on electricity instead of gasoline and operate at lower speeds conducive to personal interaction are good news for both public safety and the public.

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Articlesby David GriffithFebruary 1, 2009

Coming Attraction: Carbon Motors' E7 Patrol Car

The Carbon Motors E7 prototype patrol vehicle looks something like a cross between an exotic sports car and a prop vehicle from a science fiction film. Its body styling is dynamic, muscular, almost startling, and it has the ability to visibly excite police audiences.

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Articlesby David GriffithFebruary 1, 2009

Seeing Red

Code 3 reps won't say what makes the multipatented TriCore Technology twice as bright as its LED, halogen, or strobe light-equipped lightbars. All the company will reveal is that TriCore is truly a departure from conventional lightbar technology.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 20, 2009

NYPD and Federal Marine Experts Search for Missing US Airways Engine in Hudson

Police harbor officers are using sonar-equipped boats and working with a sonar expert from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as they search the area where the plane came down Thursday, near the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The NYPD is also monitoring the river from the air because sensitive equipment could be damaged by ice and must be removed if the river gets too icy.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2009

Plainclothes N.C. Cop Carjacked, Pursuit Ends in Fiery Fatal Crash

Police say that in their haste to get away, robbery suspects crashed one car and then carjacked an SUV from a plainclothes Gastonia police officer.

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ProductsJanuary 1, 2009

Degreaser

Strike-Hold brand degreaser is an economical yet powerful concentrated degreaser that provides the grease and grime removal properties of a solvent cleaner yet is water-based and therefore much easier and safer to use than harsh solvents.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2008

Drunk Drivers Hitting More Washington State Troopers

Impaired drivers hit troopers 25 times in 2008, up from 11 in 2007. About half the crashes happened after a trooper had stopped another violator or pulled into the shoulder to handle an accident. In a recent crash, a trooper's patrol car was pushed into another vehicle already involved in a crash, the Washington State Patrol reported.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2008

MPRI Sells 12 Driver Simulators to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

MPRI today announced that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) has purchased 12 PatrolSim IV driver simulators. The simulators will be used to provide basic training to uniformed police and land management professionals.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2008

Ford Says It Will Build Best Cars on the Road, Including Patrol Cars

With the nation's car makers reeling from the economic meltdown and the credit crunch, Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford said today that the company is committed to making the best cars on the road.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2008

Small Town Georgia Police Chief Dies in Wreck

The 32-year-old police chief of the small town of Nelson was killed Monday in a wreck being blamed on icy weather conditions.

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