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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2019

FLIR Launches Scion Thermal Monocular for Public Safety

FLIR Systems Inc. has launched the FLIR Scion Professional Thermal Monocular (PTM) for public safety professionals. The Scion PTM is powered by FLIR's high-performance Boson thermal core for greater image quality and features connectivity with FLIR TruWitness to allow real-time encrypted thermal video streaming to provide professionals with greater situational awareness.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2019

Orlando Police Department Selects SIG Virtus Rifles for Officers

SIG Sauer Inc. has announced that the Orlando Police Department has adopted the SIG Virtus Rifle as part of their standard issue equipment for the department's uniformed officers, detectives, watch commanders, and sergeants.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2019

Video: Man Killed in Gunfight with CA Deputy, Illegal Alien Deported 3 Times and Protected by State Law

ICE issued a statement that reads in part: "This incident may have been prevented if ICE had been notified about any of the multiple times Hernandez-Morales was released from local custody over the last few years. This is an impactful, scary example of how public safety is affected by laws or policies limiting local law enforcement agencies' ability to cooperate with ICE."

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2019

Trijicon Introduces Fiber Sights

Trijicon Inc. is introducing a new line of Trijicon Fiber Sights to its iron sight portfolio.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2019

Arbitrator: Ohio Officer Fired Over Domestic Violence Charge Can Return to Work

Patrol Officer Donald Ivory was fired in July 2018 after he was charged with assault, aggravated menacing, and domestic violence in an incident that allegedly occurred in April of that year.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2019

Student Wanted to Shoot Ex-Girlfriend, Others at School—Nobody Hurt in Incident

A student at a New Mexico high school said in a note that he wanted to shoot his ex-girlfriend and others at the Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho on Valentine's Day.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2019

Houston Police Chief: No More No-Knock Warrants

The January 28 incident that prompted the policy change left two drug suspects identified as Dennis and Rhogena Tuttle dead, and five undercover narcotics officers wounded in a gun battle.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2019

NYPD Wants Authority to Disable Drones Deemed a Threat

In 2018, Congress passed a law allowing federal law enforcement agencies to disable a drone—including shooting it down—but it would take additional federal legislation to give local law-enforcement agencies like the NYPD the same right.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2019

Workplace Shooting Outside Chicago, 5 Officers Wounded, 5 Civilians Dead

Multiple law enforcement agencies—local and federal—reportedly responded to the incident, and Aurora Police now say five officers were shot and wounded in the incident that left five workers at the business and the gunman dead. The injured officers are reportedly stable.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2019

President Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

The president on Friday took executive action—declaring a national emergency—to spend $8 billion for the border wall he has promised since his campaign.

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