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An ex-con wanted for shooting a man after a fight in a McDonald's drive-through was shot by police in Queens on Friday after he pointed a pistol at the cops.
Read More →Marion County (Ind.) Sheriff's deputies once allowed to serve criminal or civil warrants in plainclothes must now wear their uniforms after the passage of the Right to Resist law.
Read More →Four members of the Avengers motorcycle gang were arrested after one of them reportedly shot at plainclothes West Virginia State Police troopers Wednesday in Raleigh County.
Read More →An NYPD officer fatally shot a parolee who emptied a six-shot revolver while firing at the officer during a shootout in the New York subway system on Tuesday.
Read More →A Dallas Police narcotics officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire on Monday afternoon with a suspect on an Amtrak train in downtown. Senior Cpl. Samuel Hussey was shot in the hand in the shootout that also resulted in an injury to a bystander. The suspect was killed in the encounter.
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These are legitimate concerns, especially from an officer safety angle. After all, take-over robbery suspects have been known to don raid jackets or flash badges as a means of gaining entry into victims' houses.
Read More →NYPD Det. Rick Lee's skinny ties and professorial look have caught the attention of Occupy Wall Street protesters, as the community relations officer has been working the protests not looking like a stereotypical plainclothes officer.
Read More →After a Pittsburgh Police detective turned the tables on a suspect attempting to carjack him, the man claimed it was all part of a new Batman movie he was filming.
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The Flashbang holster (patent pending) is a molded, plastic clam shell designed to snap in place over the barrel/slide and trigger guard of many small .380 pistols and J-frame revolvers.
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SWAT officers often respond to call-outs while off duty and driving their personal vehicles. And they often arrive before the rest of SWAT. Thought needs to be given to how identifiable they are when arriving on scene, particularly in swirling, chaotic, life-threatening situations, and especially when there's a chance on-scene officers might not know they're SWAT.
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