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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 3, 2010

Newark Police Add 54 Recruits With 115th Class

At the ceremony, Mayor Cory Booker reminded the recruits that the city laid off and furloughed workers, slashed salaries, and shrank other programs to pay for these new recruits, who will make $42,038 their first year.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2010

Atlantic City Officer's Death Caused By Accidental Discharge

The accident occurred when Wilkins attempted to install a rubber sleeve on the grip of his duty pistol. He had removed the loaded magazine, but didn't clear the chamber of a round of ammunition.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2010

Wounded N.J. Officer Wakes From Induced Coma

The police officer who was shot Saturday evening after stopping a suspicious vehicle just blocks from headquarters has emerged from a medically induced coma and is “in and out” of consciousness, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino said tonight.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2010

Massive Manhunt Launched After Shooting of N.J. Officer

Detailing the calamitous encounter, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino today said several law enforcement agencies have formed a task force and launched a massive manhunt to find the people who shot Officer Gerald Veneziano. The officer remained hospitalized tonight in critical but stable condition at University Hospital in Newark.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2009

Bull Run: 1,400-Pound Steer Drags Officers Down N.J. Street

A 1,400-pound bull dragged officers who were attempting to return it to a slaughterhouse down the street during a 10-block run, before the animal was captured and returned, MyFoxNJ reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2009

SWAT Officers Shot In Raid In Lakewood, N.J.

A gunman opened fire early Thursday on a SWAT team that burst into a home during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officiers while spraying bullets from atop a staircase, authorities said. One officer was critically wounded.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonSeptember 1, 2009

Side-Scan Sonar Identifies N.Y. Crash Evidence

Side-scan sonar is known as a "towfish" — it's a torpedo-like device towed behind a boat. The towfish converts acoustic sound pulses into a video image of the river bottom. To a trained operator, the resulting image offers a photographic view of the bottom that can be used to identify items of interest.

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienAugust 4, 2009

Tough Times for Jersey City Police

When the door was forced open with a ram, Officer DiNardo was first in, and immediately hit by a shotgun blast to the face from five feet away.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2009

Hundreds Line Jersey City Streets, As Officer Is Laid to Rest

Hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets of Jersey City, N.J., as the casket of slain Det. Marc DiNardo arrived at St. Aedan's Church on Friday escorted by police motorcycles, an honor guard, and a bagpipe band, reports Philly.com.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 21, 2009

Jersey City Officer To Be Taken Off Life Support, Organs Harvested

The most seriously wounded of the five Jersey City police officers injured in last week's shootout will not survive and his organs will be donated, officials said yesterday as colleagues, family members, and friends said final goodbyes to 37-year-old Marc DiNardo.

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