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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJune 10, 2010

Catching Something Other Than the Bad Guy

If you've never had any sexually transmitted diseases, you don't know what you're missing. Anxiety, re-infections, full disclosure issues - all this can be had for the cost of one bad choice.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2010

More Police Recruits Flunking Fitness Test

Overall physical strength of recruits is declining and more cadets aren't able to complete agility tests, push-up and sit-up tests, a 1 1/2-mile run, and other physical tests required to join agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2010

Free Sight-Saving Eye Exams Available for Service Dogs

The ACVO/Merial National Service Dog Eye Exam Event brings together veterinary ophthalmologists and thousands of service dogs for free exams. Registration begins April 1st for the May 2010 event.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2010

Ground Zero Workers Have High Rate of Heart Problems, Study Shows

Exposure to debris at Ground Zero may be linked to heart problems in police officers, according to a new study announced Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2009

Wave of Sickness Hits Albuquerque PD Academy

More than half of the cadets training to become Albuquerque police officers are sick this week, due to an upper respiratory condition that has brought their training to a temporary halt.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 30, 2009

Drug Means "New Era" of Treatment for Hepatitis C

Duke University has announced a breakthrough in the treatment of hepatitis C that could help the many officers who have contracted the disease on the job, A new drug appears to cure far more people and does it in half the time of current therapies, researchers say. The drug is now in the final testing stages. If all goes well, it could be on the market in 2011.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2009

Alcohol a Growing Problem in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Report Says

Last year, 70 sworn and civilian employees of the Sheriff's Department were arrested. The majority of those arrests involved employees driving off-duty while under the influence of alcohol, according to an annual report produced by the county Office of Independent Review.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2006

Contact with Meth Labs May Affect Cops’ Health

Law enforcement agencies across the country are seeing a frightening trend in the war on drugs, but this time it has to do with their own safety. Police officers who've come into contact with meth labs are getting sick and some are even dying.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 24, 2002

Some Call Fla. Trooper Weight Loss Bonus 'Bogus'

Florida Highway Patrol Officers must lose weight to be eligible for a $500 bonus this year. And some on the 1,600-member force are not very happy.

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