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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2014

Video: Swatting Incident Live-Streamed Via "Counter-Strike" Game

An incredible video showing the apparent swatting of a video game player who operates under the moniker "Kootra" was published Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 28, 2014

Denver Police Asking for 800 Body Cameras for Officers

Denver police on Wednesday said they hope to equip 800 officers, including all patrol and traffic officers, with body cameras in 2015.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2014

Original Footwear Purchases Altama and Wellco Footwear Brands

Original S.W.A.T.'s parent company, Original Footwear, has purchased the majority of the assets of Tactical Holdings and Operations Inc. as of August 15th, 2014. Most notably this includes the Wellco and Altama footwear companies.

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The Aftermath of Police Encounters with “Unarmed” Individuals--57 Murders

According to the FBI’s online database of officers feloniously killed, as well as the Officer Down Memorial Page, since 2000, there have been at least 57 occurrences where the suspects have taken officers’ weapons and murdered the police officer with it.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 26, 2014

Court Removes Federal Oversight of Detroit PD

The Detroit Police Department will no longer answer to a U.S. Department of Justice overseer. One has been in place since 2003 after an investigation revealed numerous complaints of improper use of force by officers and improper treatment of witnesses.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichAugust 26, 2014

LE Planes: Flying High Cover

Planes are the unsung heroes of law enforcement air support units. While helicopters get all the glory, fixed-wing aircraft quietly fly in the background on operations, including surveillance and search and rescue.

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Articlesby Mark ClarkAugust 22, 2014

Combined Response to Active Shooters

The final element of an active threat incident is the response. This encompasses the police response to end the attack, Fire/EMS response to aid and evacuate the victims, and even law enforcement containment response to seal off the scene and preserve evidence.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2014

Video: Tactical Team in Ferguson Comes Under Fire, Responds with Tear Gas

The video, which was shot with a head-mounted GoPro camera capture an incident at about 2:45 a.m. when shots were fired by the demonstrators and officers responded with tear gas.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2014

Morphix Technologies offers Officers Classroom TraceX Explosives Detection Training Kit

Morphix Technologies has created a classroom TraceX Explosives Detection Training Kit for trainers that includes a training unit designed to teach end users how to identify bombers, bomb-makers and bomb-making facilities in a single test.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2014

ACLU Sues to Obtain Mike Brown Shooting Report

The ACLU lawsuit says that the incident report is an open record under Missouri law, and that the police department's refusal is either a knowing or purposeful violation of the law.

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