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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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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2014

DOJ to Conduct Broad Review of Police Tactics

The Justice Department is leading a broad review of police tactics, including the kind of deadly force that prompted recent protests in Missouri and New York, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2014

L.A. Police Protective League Comments on LAPD Shooting of Gun-Grab Suspect

Los Angeles Police Protective League President Tyler Izen issued a statement regarding the shooting of gun grab suspect Ezell Ford Monday. "Increasingly, in the immediate aftermath of any police shooting, unvetted statements by persons claiming to be witnesses are given prominent play. The Ezell Ford incident is no exception," he said.

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Articlesby Kristine Meldrum DenholmAugust 14, 2014

Improving Police Mental Health Response

While mass shootings are most prominent in the nation's mind, mental illness is often part of the common calls officers face, including domestics, substance abuse, emotional distress, armed persons, and suicide by cop.

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Articlesby David GriffithAugust 14, 2014

Caught in the Middle of Public Rage Against the Government

Federal officers are not alone in drawing the ire of anti-government types. There's a lot of rage nationwide against all forms of authority...including you.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2014

Police Adviser Appears on PBS to Discuss Ferguson, NYPD Incidents

Retired LAPD captain and Police Advisory Board Member Greg Meyer appeared on "PBS NewsHour" earlier this week to discuss the Ferguson, Mo., shooting and the NYPD choke hold incidents.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2014

St. Louis County Officer Shoots, Critically Wounds Man Near Site of Ferguson OIS Protests

The shooting happened near Chambers and Sheffingdell Court, not far from the site of protests against police over Saturday's fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The location is in unincorporated St. Louis County, less than a mile from the QuikTrip in Ferguson that was looted and burned Sunday night.

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