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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2004

Sheriff’s Office Tests Segways for Community Policing

The Osceola (Fla.) County Sheriff’s Office will use the Segway Human Transporter (HT) electric scooter on a six-month trial basis for community policing.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2004

Non-Students Suffer More Violence Than College Students

A new study indicates that college students were victimized by violent crime at a lower rate than non-students of the same age between 1995 and 2000.

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ProductsFebruary 1, 2004

Motorcycle Signal Mirrors

Muth Mirror Systems' Signal Mirrors for motorcycles alert drivers located in a biker's blind spot to help prevent accidents. Using high-intensity LED lamps, a red chevron flashes through the glass of the corresponding side mirror when a turn signal is activated.

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Articlesby Brian StoverFebruary 1, 2004

How to Organize Your Patrol Car

It’s your home. For eight hours a day, your patrol car is your home and office. But is it also the local junkyard? It doesn’t need to be. Today there are a number of ways to keep your mobile office organized.

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Articlesby Mark KariyaFebruary 1, 2004

Motor Patrol: Working on Two Wheels

The motorcycle police officer has been an American icon for more than half a century. But contrary to "CHiPs" fantasies, the job is not all glamour, and working a police shift on two wheels is just as tough, if not tougher, than working the same shift in a patrol car.

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Articlesby Mark KariyaFebruary 1, 2004

Street Survivors

While it’s outstanding to survive a crash, it’s even better to avoid one in the first place, and that’s where good training and situational awareness feature heavily. But carmakers and their design teams play a role in officer safety as well. Let’s take a look at what the Big 3 American police car manufacturers are doing to make their cars safer for the nation’s law enforcement personnel.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2004

Cold Pill Access Cut

Major drug stores across the country are putting over-the-counter cold medications out of reach of customers and limiting quantities sold to stem their use in creating methamphetamines.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2004

Look Out for Suspicious People with Almanacs

The FBI is warning police to watch for people carrying almanacs because the books could be used for planning terrorist acts.

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