Shots Fired: Oakland, California 08/27/2010

After serving several DEA warrants in Oakland, Fremont, Calif., police officer Todd Young and his partner headed into East Oakland in hopes of locating a wanted Union City gang member whose ex-girlfriend had said that he'd been hanging out in the area. The officers were met with gunfire, when they located their suspect.

CA Man Allegedly Steals Patrol Car and Uses It to Go Buy Beer

Zachary Samaha, 22, allegedly stole a Sacramento (CA) Police Department squad car Saturday evening and drove it to a liquor store where he bought and opened a 40-ounce bottle of beer. More Here.

Scott Smith and Darin Logue

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Arkansas Man Planned Attack on Officer, Family in July

Officer Andrew Napolitano was leaving his residence with his two children and was preparing to head to work when a man — later identified as 22-year-old Cody Ramsey — confronted him with a firearm.

Judith Green-McKenzie, MD, and Marilyn Watkins, MS

Patricia A. Parker

Two Effective Gang Enforcement Strategies

Long Beach patrol officers can pull up photos of served gang members, maps of safety zones—those parts of the city subject to the gang injunction—a copy of the injunction and a hyperlink to the image of the proof of service form. That certainty has produced very real results.

Gary Montecuollo