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Videosby Staff WriterApril 27, 2010

Product Demo: StarChase Pursuit Management System

The StarChase pursuit management system uses a grille-mounted launcher and tracker tag that attached to a vehicle and sending location coordinates to dispatchers, so patrol units can pursue suspects at a safe distance.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 27, 2010

N.C. Man Who Allegedly Killed Wife Leads Officers on 150-Mile Pursuit

A suspect who allegedly killed his estranged wife has surrendered to police after a three-hour standoff and 150-mile chase that resulted in the closure of Interstate 85 in N.C.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonApril 27, 2010

Grille-Mounted GPS-Tag Launcher Gives Officers Alternative to Pursuits

Each year, about 360 people are killed during police pursuits. About a third of those are bystanders, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2010

Pasadena Police Use Copter's Infrared Device To Catch Hiding Burglars

The two men were hiding in trees between a freeway and hardware store and were identified with the thermal imager.

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Videosby Staff WriterApril 3, 2010

Pursuit Through Narrow North Philly Streets

The driver of a sedan tries to elude Philadelphia officers through the narrow streets of the north side of the city. A citizen driver who was in the wrong place at the wrong time helps end the pursuit.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleMarch 18, 2010

Foot Pursuits: A Runaway Policy?

What exactly was this "new bar" for performance? How was one to be evaluated against it? And was this really a new policy to follow?

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Videosby Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2010

Stolen Tank Rampage In San Diego

Shawn Nelson was a U.S. Army veteran and unemployed plumber who stole an M60 Patton tank from a U.S. National Guard Armory in San Diego, Calif., and went on a rampage on May 17, 1995, destroying cars, fire hydrants, and an RV before being shot dead by police.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2010

S.C. Officer's Body Armor Helped Him Survive Shooting

A Cheraw (S.C.) police officer's ballistic vest likely saved his life, after he was struck by two bullets from the gun of a suspect who he had pursued after stopping his vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2010

Los Angeles County Sheriff To Deputies: Be More Cautious During Pursuits

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has told his deputies to exercise more caution when pursuing armed suspects and call for backup.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2010

Oregon Recruit Shoots Fleeing Suspect

The Salem (Ore.) Police Department placed a recruit on administrative leave two weeks after he began patrol duties, after he shot a fleeing suspect in the leg, OregonLive.com reports.

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