The officers stopped by Pike Place Market before returning to New York. While their rental car was parked nearby, thieves broke into the 2010 Ford Explorer and ripped off all their luggage, including the uniforms they wore to the memorial.
Read More →In a one-week sample of cases from this summer, a Dallas Morning News review estimated that the department's tally of aggravated assaults should have been at least 50 percent higher.
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A Texas Chrysler dealer is offering a powerhouse law enforcement version of the re-introduced Dodge Challenger muscle car that can reach 165 mph. The vehicle is available with a variety of custom options and is currently being used by several Texas agencies as a highway car for drug interdiction duty in solid black. We've blogged about the Challenger. Now, take a more in-depth tour with this gallery. Photos courtesy of Group 1 Automotive.
Read More →In the mid-1980s these crack and PCP drug wars exploded into unprecedented violence and open gang wars on the streets of Los Angeles and Compton. The evolution of fortified crack houses with iron sally port entrances and video surveillance and the appearance of gang members wearing body armor who engaged in firefights using military-style weapons and multiple shooters, forced the police to play catch-up tactically. And the cost in human lives was staggering.
Read More →Shortly before I retired, I openly speculated that we were on the cusp of a new era where people would increasingly bring the fight to us. Moreover, I said they would prove to be greater threats, less predisposed to "gangsta"-style shooting and actually recognize the significance of sight alignment and trigger control.
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The most common question law enforcement officials ask me about computers is: "What kind of computer should I buy?" The best answer I have come up with so far is: "It depends."
Read More →CODY Systems is donating the use of its C.O.B.R.A. real-time records sharing system for police officers within Bucks County, Pa. This gift is in honor of Officer Brian Gregg, a fallen officer from the Newtown Borough (Pa.) Police Department.
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DeSantis' Facilitator style #042 holster is constructed of rigid .125 Kydex sheet and glass-reinforced nylon for strength and durability and features the company's Redi-Lok trigger locking device. The holster can be worn on the strong side (butt forward), cross draw (butt rearward), or at the small of the back (almost horizontal).
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RoboVu's RoboCAM 5.0 is a full enterprise digital video management solution for public safety that is integrated to the company's Robo III military rugged Mobile Data Computer. RoboCAM 5.0 has a smaller hardware footprint along with a streamlined military avionics wiring harness featuring plug and play capability and military avionics connectors.
Read More →Gamber-Johnson's new Mongoose Locking Slide Arm is a rugged mounting solution for cradles and docking stations. It was developed using extensive research from the public safety and Utility/TELCO industry and input from fleet managers and computer end-users. The result is versatile, ergonomic, unobtrusive, rugged, adaptable, adjustable, and easy to install.
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