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Luis Soto, the 21-year-old involved in the fistfight that triggered a weekend melee at a Harlem block-party barbecue, was killed by a 9mm round fired from a NYPD officer.
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Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters has partnered with Horus Vision to release the Kestrel Ballistics Weather Tracker with Horus ATrag Software, a rugged handheld weather monitoring device equipped with an integrated ballistics calculator.
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Gamber-Johnson's new Universal Computer Cradle, the NotePad V, is a rugged mounting cradle for most of the computers currently in the marketplace. The NotePad V was designed with five areas of importance in mind: security, function, safety, aesthetics, and installation.
Read More →Officer Glen Agee was shot twice in the face after struggling with the detainee who he was transporting in the back of his patrol car to a detention facility. It is suspected Agee was shot with his own service weapon.
Read More →The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is asking now because "dangerous incidents have increased through the past few years and are now escalating to a point where deputies are involved in high-speed vehicle pursuits, shootouts between deputies and smugglers, incidents of ambush, as well as the deputy who was injured in a shooting."
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There are arguments for and against law enforcement officers using closed-hand punches. It can be better to avoid hitting a suspect with your bare knuckles so you don't injure your hands so you can't pull a trigger, hold a baton or continue striking with a broken hand. Here are four safer strikes—palm strike, bottom fist strike, knee strike and elbow strike—when dealing with a violent suspect. Our related article, "Safer Strikes," explains how to avoid bloodborne pathogens.
Read More →Sgt. Stephen Blinn, a 24-year department veteran, struggled with his girlfriend during a physical altercation during which he fired his Glock .40-caliber service pistol in the vehicle. Blinn didn't point the weapon at his girlfriend, who grabbed it and tossed it out of the cruiser.
Read More →The XWT system eliminates the requirement to replace frayed cables and to continually adjust the tension of cables and pulleys found on traditional target retrievers. The XWT system is operated via wireless communication with a touch-screen controller.
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The deadly concoction produces hydrogen sulfide, a colorless flammable compound that smells like rotten eggs. It paralyzes the nervous system and kills in only a few breaths.
Read More →Features include auto-muting, quick-release jacks and the ability to electrically sense the presence of a headset, allowing the device to be used with the helmet kit or as a conventional speaker-mic when unplugged.
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