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Suspect Found Dead In Charlotte Home, Following Standoff

Charlotte-Mecklenburg SWAT officers surrounded a home in the northern section of the city after receiving a call of shots fired at the location and, after attempting to contact the subject, entered the home to find him dead.

LAPD Rolls Out 'Zero Tolerance' Measures for Ballpark

Officers will be more aggressive about expelling people; and the stadium canceled its plan to sell half-priced beverages.

Arkansas Officer Saved Sgt. During Fatal Gunfight

Officer Jonathan Schmidt, 30, was killed in front of the Cottonwood Manor Apartments on Pine Street at 11:27 p.m. as he walked toward a 2002 Hyundai.

Photo: Screenshot via KAIT8.

Inmates Kill S.D. Prison Guard In Failed Escape Attempt

Ronald E. Johnson, a 23-year penitentiary veteran, was pronounced dead at 11:50 a.m. after an alleged assault by inmates Eric Robert and Rodney Berget.

Video: Illinois Officers Use Force In Booking Room

The video shows Sgt. Brad McCaslin using a stun gun twice to the back of an arrested and handcuffed woman's neck after she refused to sit down in the booking room. Interim police Chief Tom Fearn then entered the room and shook the woman by the neck several times, after she appears to yell at him.

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S.C. Deputy Shoots Armed Man, After Discovering Wife's Body

A Cherokee County (S.C.) Sheriff's deputy shot a man who pointed a handgun at him, after the deputy discovered the body of the man's wife, who had apparently been dead for several days.

California Man Gets 14 Years for Officer's Shooting

Krist Antonio Wiggins' sentence was the longest possible based on verdicts by juries, who convicted Wiggins of involuntary manslaughter plus a "special allegation" that he discharged a firearm.

Parole Board Denies Appeal for Miss. Sheriff's Killer

For the fifth time since the killing of Marshall County (Miss.) Sheriff Osborne Bell, Bart Mease has been denied parole. The state's Parole Board declined Mease's appeal in the 1986 shooting death of Sheriff Bell during a traffic stop.

5.11 Tactical Introduces Trainer 2.0 Shoe

The 5.11 Tactical Trainer 2.0 is a fully re-engineered training shoe meant for the range, trail or general fitness. It's available in two styles: low or waterproof/breathable mid.

ELSAG Announces Enhancements to Tactical Operation Center

Tactical Operation Center is used in conjunction with the ALPR system by alerting dispatchers and additional patrol units immediately when an MPH-900T-patrolling police car alarm occurs, instantly allowing them to see what caused the alarm and see the location of the lead patrol car on a local area map.

NYPD Cop In Rape Trial Slipped Police Vernacular Into 911 Call

The New York Police officer now on trial for rape described a homeless man as a "male white," which may provide a clue that he was an officer rather than a tourist calling to complain about a homeless man.

Ninth Circuit Blocks Arizona Immigration Law From Proceeding

In a 2-1 decision, the northern California panel blocked an appeal of the law that would have required officers to detain people they suspect are in the country illegally to verify their status.

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