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Police Product Test: Streamlight TL-2 X Flashlight

I have been using Streamlight flashlights since I went to my first SHOT Show many years ago. I have always found them to be durable, bright, and affordably priced. The TL-2 X is another great addition to the company's family of tactical lights.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJuly 25, 2011

Line-of-Duty Deaths: The War on Cops

A cursory glance at the numbers seemingly underscores such concerns. Thirty-one officers were feloniously shot and killed from January through mid-May 2011—a 34 percent increase over the same period a year before.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 21, 2011

Calif. Parolees Include Meth Addict with Flame Thrower

Law enforcement leaders around the county say state cutbacks leading to the freeing of so-called nonviolent offenders will lead to the release of offenders who are clearly a danger to society.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2011

Bell Helicopter Training Academy Launches Tactical Flight Officer Course

The two-part Bell Helicopter Tactical Flight Officer course includes an online academic session and resident hands-on training that presents officers with the "practical skills and active engagement needed for aerial mission success in a safe and controlled environment," according to a release.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2011

Pelican Introduces 1075 HardBack Case for Netbooks and Tablets

The Pelican 1075 fits into most bags and will protect just about any electronic device as wide as 10 inches from the rigors of travel. The case achieves this with a high-impact, heat and chemically resistant composite shell.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 19, 2011

Mass. Police Imposter Flashed Blue Light in Walmart Parking Lot

Richard Ramon Tirado was arrested with police equipment, including pieces of a uniform, a badge, and the large strobe light. He is charged with a felony of false impersonation and an additional charge of using blue lights restricted to law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2011

Calif. Sheriff Seizes $200 Million In Pot Plants

The Ventura County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office has eradicated a massive outdoor grow operation. Investigators also discovered several campsites with several hundred pounds of equipment including tents, propane stoves, sleeping bags, fertilizers, pesticides, and an enormous amount of trash.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerJuly 18, 2011

Responding To the Tucson Shooting

For policing professionals, the Tucson shooting offers another opportunity: to analyze the local public safety response to learn what worked, what could have been done better, and what takeaway lessons might help other agencies respond to a mass-casualty incident in their own city.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerJuly 18, 2011

Improving Communications After the Tucson Shootings

The Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson may have drawn interest toward law enforcement in Arizona's second-largest city, but another incident that highlighted the need to improve public safety communications for agencies across the entire nation occurred much earlier: on 9/11.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2011

Streamlight Donates $109,000 to Breast Cancer Research

Streamlight Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-performance flashlights, donated $109,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. To date, Streamlight has donated nearly $230,000 to the Foundation from sales proceeds of its "pink" flashlight products.

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