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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienMay 16, 2011

Friendly Fire: Identify Yourself As an Officer

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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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2011

Feds To Probe SF Narco Hotel Raids

The FBI is taking over the investigation of eight San Francisco Police officers accused of conducting illegal searches of hotels with suspected drug activity, District Attorney George Gascon announced Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2011

Baltimore Police Ban Plainclothes Duty

Command staff members are now discussing new rules governing plainclothes work. Officers could wear distinctive colors that change by the day or week, to make them quickly identifiable to fellow officers but not to the people they are trying to arrest, or use code words.

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