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Special Units•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Milwaukee Chief Says Video of Young Men Waving Guns is Recruiting Tool

Police Chief Edward Flynn said a video shown in a courtroom last week of young men on a Milwaukee street flashing guns, cash and drugs and threatening to shoot police is evidence of sophisticated criminals making propaganda to recruit new members while spreading intimidation over social media.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Milwaukee to Equip All Beat Officers with Body Cameras

All Milwaukee police officers on the street will be wearing body cameras by the end of 2016 — a pace that outstrips most other large police departments using the technology — under a proposal from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Video: Sheriff Clarke Blames President for "War on Police"

"I am too pissed off tonight to be diplomatic with what’s going on and I’m not going to stick my head in the sand about it," Clarke said. "I said last December war had been declared on the American police officer led by some high profile people, one coming out of the White House, and one coming out of the United States Department of Justice. And it’s open season right now. No doubt about it."

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Former NYPD Commissioner Slams Mayor for Endangering City

Mayor de Blasio has endangered New Yorkers’ lives by abandoning stop-and-frisk — an "amazing surrender" rooted in politics, ex-Police Commissioner Ray Kelly charges in a new book.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Michigan Trooper Hit, Dragged in Fatal Highway Accident

Michigan State Police motorcycle trooper Chad Wolf was killed Friday when he was hit and dragged by a car in a highway accident.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Law Enforcement Officers More Wary After Texas Deputy's Ambush

Curry is now thinking twice. He spoke as he watched over a crowd of about 1,500 people gathered at an impromptu memorial at a gas station in a Houston suburb, where an on-duty officer from a neighboring department in Harris County near Houston was gunned down Friday in an apparently unprovoked attack while fueling his car.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

More Than 1,100 D.C. Officers Express "No Confidence" in Chief Lanier

Of 1,150 officers who cast ballots in the online vote sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police labor union, 1,122 cast a no confidence ballot, according to the organization’s chairman, Delroy Burton.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Video: Just Hours After Texas Deputy's Murder Black Lives Matter Chants "Pigs...Fry 'em Like Bacon" in Minnesota

One of the chants heard from protesters is being called "disgusting" by rank and file St. Paul Police officers. Police Federation President Dave Titus says the threatening refrain is divisive, dangerous and won’t lead to improved police relations.

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Patrol•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Suspect Charged with Capital Murder of Texas Deputy, Killer Emptied Magazine into Fallen Man

The Harris County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy never saw the man who walked up behind him and shot him in the head before unloading an entire 14-round clip into his body, a Harris County, Texas, prosecutor said Monday.

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Weapons•by Staff Writer•August 31, 2015

Elzetta Announces Release of Limited Edition Modular Flashlight

The Limited Edition Modular Flashlights are priced the same as standard Model A31s. That means professional Cerakote finishing, a unique Mini-CQB Bezel Ring design, and the exclusivity of a Limited Edition are free.

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