Earlier this week U.S. Attorney Charles R. Gross, the FBI, and Michigan State University announced a four-count felony indictment charging four defendants with conspiracy to commit arson, aggravated arson, and arson in connection with the Dec. 31, 1999, arson of Agriculture Hall on the main campus of Michigan State University and the Jan. 1, 2000, arson of commercial logging equipment near Mesick, Michigan.
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Steiner is building its new compact 27-ounce, 10x42 Roof Prism, Police Binocular to include rugged, shockproof, and waterproof integrity, and fully multicoated optics and phase corrected roof prisms that produce optimum resolution, brightness, and color reproduction.
Read More →Authorities say the .44 caliber handgun used by Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton to kill Kirkwood, Mo., police Sgt. William Biggs may have been stolen. After killing Biggs, Thornton took the officer's .40 S&W duty weapon and used both to open fire on the St. Louis suburb's city council. Four people, including another officer, were killed in the Feb. 7 shooting before Thornton was shot and killed by police.
Read More →A total of 69 American law enforcement officers were shot and killed during 2007, based on preliminary information received by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). This represents a staggering 33-percent increase over the 52 officers killed by gunfire in 2006, and the second highest total over the last decade.
Read More →Many trainers struggle with the use of video in training presentations. There are several problems that crop up frequently, and there are things that you can do to reduce the likelihood that you'll suffer from them.
Read More →The Mob got hit today as FBI and Italian law enforcement agents made dozens of arrests following an investigation into a trans-Atlantic drug smuggling operation.
Read More →Being a police officer is not always about chasing down a bad guy, guns blazing. If you remove an intoxicated or aggressive driver from the highway, you have performed a social service to the motoring public.
Read More →Even with appeals, Jesse Timmendequas should have been scragged, toe-tagged, and bagged long before the Y2K celebrations.
Read More →Some Franconia residents want to honor Cpl. McKay. Others oppose the plan, saying they believe the officer incited the attack with aggressive police tactics.
Read More →A Swedish bomb squad was called out to disarm a ticking package last week. There was no bomb, but there was a vibrating sex toy.
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