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ProductsApril 1, 2006

Traffic Safety Devices Roadguard/2 Barrier

Roadguard, a division of Traffic Safety Devices Incorporated (TSDI), has released the ROADGUARD/2 water-ballasted, energy-absorbing plastic barrier. The company says the ROADGUARD/2 is the first portable Jersey-style barrier to be manufactured by the blow-molding process, using High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic. The double-chambered ROADGUARD/2 is six feet long, 3.5 feet high, two feet wide at the bottom, and 10 inches wide at the top.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2006

'Minutiae’ Fingerprint Matching Can Be Accurate

A new study shows that investigators don't necessarily need an entire fingerprint for accurate matches.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2006

No Indictment in Pa. Police Station Death

A grand jury declined to indict a man for fatally shooting a fellow officer as they cleaned their guns inside a police station, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2006

Two Cops Die Running L.A. Marathon

Two men, both veteran law enforcement officers, suffered fatal heart attacks while running in Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon, marking the first deaths in the event since 1990, organizers said on Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2006

Brownells Launches New Law Enforcement Website

Brownells, supplier of factory gun parts, gunsmithing tools, and accessories, has launched a new Website — www.Brownells.mil-le.com — focused on the special needs of military and law enforcement personnel.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 9, 2006

Small Company Starts its Own Police Department

Sheriff's officials investigating the crash of a Ferrari in Malibu last month are asking how a small private transit company could create its own police department and allegedly hand out law enforcement identification to civilians, including the car's owner.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2006

La. First Responders Must Find New Housing

Hundreds of hurricane evacuees who have been living on two cruise ships in New Orleans began clearing out Wednesday morning, while people on a third vessel in St. Bernard Parish spent the morning fighting to stay put.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2006

Law Enforcement Museum Holds Film Festival

A three-day festival of law enforcement movies began yesterday at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Md.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2006

Singer Mark Wills to Perform Benefit Concert for Families of Fallen Officers

The TASER Foundation for Fallen Officers and the Untouchables Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club announced that country music star Mark Wills will perform a benefit concert on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at TASER International headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. The concert is part of Takin' the Ride Motorcycle Rally Event March 24-26.

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Articlesby Dave SmithMarch 1, 2006

Distracted Driving

The other day a friend of mine had a rear-ender on duty that was caused by his responding to his MDT (Mobile Distracting Terminal) or MDC (Moving Destruction Computer) or whatever they are called.

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