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Ex-Oklahoma Trooper Reflects on McVeigh Arrest

Fifteen years after the bombing of the Murrah federal building by American militia sympathizers, Charlie Hanger recounts pulling over the yellow Mercury with a missing license plate.

Overview of Murrah building after bombing in 1995. Image via Wikimedia.

Two of Four Candidates for BART Chief Are Women

Two of the four finalists to lead the Bay Area Rapid Transit's police department are women.

NYPD Investigates Commander for 'Twilight'-Related Harassment

An NYPD detective is alleging a deputy chief sent her inappropriate text messages, massaged her back in the station and made references to the popular vampire series "Twilight" while doing it.

FNH USA and Leupold Team Up for Precision Shooting Competition

The competition will showcase 30 two-man teams representing the finest sniper/counter sniper teams from the U.S. military as well as local, state and federal law enforcement communities.

Firing extensively-modified M14 rifles, U.S. Marines Cpl. Shane Mulpas and Cpl. Brandon Connelly, placed third in the unknown distance event at the 2009 precision shooting competition. Image courtesy of FNH USA.

Ohio Sheriff’s Office Begins Recycling In-Car Video Systems

Decatur Electronics' Green for Green program allows law enforcement agencies to trade in their outdated in-car video systems for the new Responder 1000 in-car video system, while the company recycles the old systems.

ATN's PS40-WPTT Scope Provides Night Vision in Black and White

Studies comparing night vision green to black-and-white imagery showed that black and white produced greater contrast and clearer information on shapes and shadows, according to ATN.

Chicago's Top Cop On the Hot Seat?

Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing an uncertain summer as recent crime spikes and questions about his leadership have cost him the support of many rank-and-file officers.

Trial Begins in NYPD Officer-Bicyclist Case

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in a trial involving a former NYPD officer who was captured on cell-phone video knocking a cyclist to the ground during the Critical Mass protest event.

BART Police Relinquish TASERs

The BART police department has pulled the TASERs from its officers citing a sergeant's use of the less-lethal device on a 13-year-old Richmond boy on a bicycle.

D.C. Metro Chief Apologizes For 'Large Lips' Memo

D.C. Metro's acting police chief, Jeri Lee, issued a written apology to his officers for a training memo that sparked critiques of racial profiling.

LAPD Chief and SWAT Pioneer Daryl Gates Dies

Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, who organized the first police SWAT unit and led the department during the Rodney King incident and riots that followed, has died at the age of 83.

LAPD Chief Daryl Gates. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Police Historical Society.

Chief Gates Speaks About His Legacy In 2009 Interview

Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates talks about the Rodney King incident, the consent decree, police-chief politics, his decision to eliminate hats, and his comment about the carotid restraint during a May 2009 interview with Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison.

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