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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2010

Five Alleged Drug Kingpins Charged In Buffalo

The indictments are the result of a joint investigation between the FBI's Safe Streets Task Force, New York State Police, Buffalo Police Department, Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienMarch 23, 2010

Is Your SWAT Team Really Ready?

Two Lenco Bearcat armored rescue vehicles (ARVs) were used to move perimeter personnel farther back and out of the suspect's line of fire. Ultimately as many as 200 officers from many LE agencies responded to the mutual aid calls for assistance. A number of SWAT teams answered the call and worked the inner perimeter.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2010

Buffalo SWAT Takes Out Gunman Who Shot Hostage Negotiator In the Face

Detective John Garcia, a member of the Hostage Management Team, was struck in the face and parts of the upper body by about a half-dozen pellets while trying to defuse the situation.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2009

N.Y. Agency Struggles to Hire Female Officers

Of the 51 officers on the department, only two (4 percent) are women. That compares to the 300 women (12 percent) working among Suffolk County Police's 2,750 officers.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2009

Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Ford's Crown Vic Police Interceptor (2009) is a workhorse patrol car for big-city and small-town LE agencies. The automaker has committed to producing it through 2011. Known as the CVPI, it has been a staple in the fleets of the Los Angeles Police Department and New York State Police, as well as the South Dakota Highway Patrol and Sandy Springs (Ga.) Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2009

Security Tightened at Jewish Sites in New York Following Shootings at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Minutes after the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, uniformed NYPD officers appeared outside New York's memorial.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2009

NYPD, FBI Heroes Honored After Foiling Terror Plot to Bomb Four Synagogues

The cops and G-men who busted a gang of homegrown terrorists before they could blow up two Bronx synagogues got a big pat on the back Friday from a grateful city.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2009

Four Arrested in Plot to Bomb New York Synagogues

The FBI and NYPD busted a four-man homegrown terror cell Wednesday night that was plotting to blow up two Bronx synagogues while simultaneously shooting a plane out of the sky, sources told the Daily News.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2009

N.Y. Department's Patrol Cars to Get Priority Start Voltage Monitors

The Priority Start voltage monitors cost $100 apiece, so Sanders wanted to try them out before buying 25 of them to outfit all of the patrol cars.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2009

Outcry After New Ground Zero Tower Loses "Freedom"

The Port Authority announced that the planned 1,776-foot building, now barely above its foundations, will instead be known by the same name as one of the twin towers destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: One World Trade Center.

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