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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2008

Florida Deputy Under Investigation Torches Home, Kills Self

A Palm Beach County, Fla., deputy who was facing a potential manslaughter charge next week torched his home and car before shooting himself in the head shortly before midnight Tuesday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2008

Officer Struck with Bat Shoots, Kills Fresno Student

The officer fired at the Roosevelt High School sophomore after the 17-year-old allegedly came from behind and struck the officer in the head with a crude wooden baseball bat, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2008

LAPD Chief Vows to Clarify Policy on Immigrants

Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said Wednesday that the department's controversial policy on dealing with illegal immigrants was widely misunderstood by the public and some of his own officers, and he would clarify the rule in the next couple of weeks.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2008

New York-Area Police Honored for Water Rescues

The Life Saving Benevolent Association (LSBA) has honored New York-area police officers for their heroic lifesaving water rescues.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2008

University of Colorado Officer Cleared in Hospital Shooting

A police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man who threatened to detonate a bomb inside a Boulder hospital. The Boulder County district attorney's office said Wednesday that University of Colorado police Cpl. Matt DeLaria was justified in the March 17 shooting of 32-year-old Terrance Baughman.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 7, 2008

Two LAPD Officers Seriously Injured in Freeway Crash

Two Los Angeles police officers were seriously injured this morning when their patrol car crashed and rolled over on the Ronald Reagan Freeway (California 118) in Granada Hills, where most westbound lanes remain closed as investigators search the scene.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2008

Customs and Border Protection Using UAVs on the Border

Four Predator B drones have become fixtures over Arizona since October 2006, and two more will join them soon, Juan Munoz-Torres, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman, said Wednesday.

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Articlesby Mark KariyaApril 1, 2008

Safer by Design

It's unrealistic to believe all deaths and injuries can be prevented from traffic accidents, of course, but striving toward that goal will undoubtedly help reduce such incidents.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 1, 2008

Lightbars, Camera, Action!

Frightening, instructional, oftentimes inspirational, and even entertaining videos come to us via a variety of dashboard cameras mounted inside America's law enforcement patrol vehicles.

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Articlesby Mike ScottApril 1, 2008

How to Stretch Your Fleet Dollar

Managing the rising costs of police fleets is a challenge that all law enforcement agencies are facing. Fortunately, there are technologies available to help fleet managers better manage these costs and save their departments thousands of dollars annually.

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