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The Forsyth County (N.C.) Sheriff’s Office presented a proposal to the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners last Thursday to sell the agency’s two 1928 Thompson submachine guns and drum magazines and buy 88 new Bushmaster rifles.
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A Mecklenburg County judge on Thursday effectively blocked release of the video from a controversial police shooting by giving control of the footage to the state prosecutor handling the case, the Charlotte Observer reports.
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One IED was detected on the outside of his home. Officers then started searching the area, where they found 23 more IEDs in a hidden trap door underneath his floor. Half of the IEDs were constructed with enhanced shrapnel called lead shot on the inside of them.
Read More →Officer Robert Bingaman, 37, of the Asheville (N.C.) PD was killed today in a single vehicle crash when his patrol car plunged off of the Jeff Bowen Bridge.
Read More →Police spokesman Jim Sughrue said a suspect wanted in connection with an attempted robbery in the area was believed to be inside the Carmike 15 Cinema.
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Law enforcement agencies have been using in-car video cameras for a little more than two decades. The devices have defended officers against nuisance claims of abusive or even brutal behavior. But now some agencies are beginning to ask if in-car video systems have been made obsolete by officer-worn systems.
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Law enforcement officers in North Carolina shot and killed the suspect accused of shooting and wounding a detective last week.
Read More →A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer was wounded when two teenagers broke in to his southwest Charlotte apartment and opened fire early Sunday.
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Reporters rarely get all the facts right because the facts are hazy by the time their first stories are posted on the Web, broadcast, or inked onto paper. That haziness doesn't clear until the official investigation is complete. By then the reporters have created a "truth" that persists in the public consciousness.
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The Morehead City (N.C.) Police officer wounded in an accidental shooting at a training exercise has been taken off a respirator and his condition upgraded to fair.
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