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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2010

San Diego Cop Killer An Ex-Coast Guard Hero

Holim Lee, identified by family and friends and the suspected shooter of San Diego police officer Christopher Wilson, is a former Coast Guard member whose career included commendations as well as a criminal history.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2010

California Police Union Wants 'Bad Apple' Lieutenant Investigated

During a press conference, members of the Bell Police Officers Association showed a picture of Lt. Ty Henshaw's face superimposed onto a rotten apple. They also showed an e-mail Rizzo sent to city administrators asking them to boost Henshaw's monthly salary to $10,500.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2010

San Diego Officer Killed in Apartment Gunbattle

Police identified the slain officer as Christopher Wilson, a 17-year patrol officer and field trainer in the Southeast Division. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders described Wilson to the San Diego Union-Tribune as "popular, funny, extremely bright and a consummate professional."

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 22, 2010

Audit: San Jose Could Save $600,000 By Curtailing Take-Home Vehicles

About 90 police vehicles, including sedans, motorcycles and SUVs, should not be taken home. Those vehicles are mostly driven by officers who work in traffic enforcement or with police dogs, but they also are used by deputy chiefs.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2010

Wounded California Officer Returns Home After 7 Weeks In Hospital

The Fremont (Calif.) PD officer shot twice in the pelvis while attempting to arrest a gang member is now resting at home, after a seven-week hospital stay involving multiple surgeries and an initial infusion of 60 units of blood.

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienOctober 18, 2010

Role Models and Mentors

The informal training received from role models and mentors is often overlooked in the LEO training equation. At some point in most officers' careers, the roles are reversed and they become role models and mentors for the next generation of law enforcement.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarOctober 12, 2010

Angels and Angel Dust

This wanton disregard for others including the innocent children who must live in a gang household is like the twisted sickness that causes arsonists it start uncontrolled fires even when their own home and family might be consumed.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 7, 2010

Servicemen Help Stabbed California Sergeant Arrest Attacker

The three Marines and Army private who were about to be deployed to Afghanistan helped the sergeant get the 19-year-old man into custody. Police had responded to a call of a man "brandishing a sharp instrument and threatening citizens."

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 6, 2010

Parolee Who Rammed California Motor Officer Arrested In Los Angeles

Los Angeles police officers arrested 36-year-old parolee Alexander Diaz on Wednesday for allegedly intentionally running down a northern California motor officer

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 5, 2010

Van Thief Rams Motor Officer, Drags Him Across Two Lanes of Traffic

The officer had spotted the van and was parked in a center divider on his bike when the driver accelerated toward the officer, striking him and dragging him across two lanes of traffic before striking a street light.

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