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Tru-Spec Adds New Pant to 24-7 Tactical Line

Tru-Spec announced this week that it was adding a new pant to its line of 24-7 tactical apparel.

N.H. Town's White Police Commissioner Calls Obama N-Word

A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won’t apologize for calling President Barack Obama the N-word, and he sat with his arms crossed while angry residents at a meeting called for his resignation on Thursday.

Rihanna Cracks iPhone, LAPD Cadet Program Benefits

Pop star Rihanna donated $25,000 to the L.A. Police Foundation after she dropped and broke the iPhone of L.A. Police Commission President Steve Soberoff while attempting to snap a selfie with him. But the LAPD Cadet Program received even more money.

4 Gang Members Charged in Va. Captain's Kidnapping, Slaying

The people who carjacked, kidnapped, and killed Waynesboro, Va., reserve police captain Kevin Quick were members of the Bloods street gang who robbed stores and sold drugs in the weeks and months leading up to the murder, according to an indictment.

Public Safety Orgs Support FCC Rule to Help Find Wireless 911 Callers

A unified front of the nation's leading public safety and public health organizations submitted comments this week in support of a proposed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule to help emergency responders more quickly and accurately find 911 callers using wireless phones from indoor locations.

Interim Oakland PD Chief Gets Permanent Position

Oakland, Calif., interim Police Chief Sean Whent has been named the department's new permanent police chief.

Video: SLA Shootout with LAPD on May 17, 1974

On May 17, 1974, three months after the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, a bunch of gun-wielding members of a group called the "Symbionese Liberation Army" barricaded themselves inside a house in Los Angeles, Calif., and began firing hundreds of rounds of ammunition at the police.

Video: Handcuffed Man Shoots at Denver Police Officer

A man arrested for weapons violations managed to shoot at a police officer from the back of a patrol car in a Denver police substation parking lot.

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Pa. Court Rules on Warrantless Vehicle Searches

The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled last week that police are allowed to search vehicles without a warrant. The split-decision from the Supreme Court allows police to conduct searches of cars based only on probable cause.

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LAPD Shaken by 5 Officer Deaths

It's hard not to notice the LAPD in mourning. Blue ribbons are tied to trees outside police stations and onto antennas on black-and-white patrol cars.

Video: Officers Save Collapsed Bagpiper at Police Week Ceremony

Two officers attending a Police Week ceremony in Washington Wednesday night helped save the life of a police bagpiper who collapsed from a heart attack during the Emerald Society March.

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Video: 9/11 Museum Dedicated in New York City

The redevelopment of what once was Ground Zero passed another milestone Thursday when President Obama helped dedicate the National September 11 Museum in the cavernous foundation hole of the office complex destroyed by the 2001 terror attacks.

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