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In Macon County, N.C., deputies and U.S. Marshals took Christopher David Lunz into custody Tuesday afternoon, with an Asheville television-news crew pointing a camera at the action. The 38-year-old Lunz was wanted in Pinellas County, Fla., as a suspect in the death of his father, 59-year-old David James Lunz of Palm Harbor Fla.
Read More →The Armor Flotation Vest from US Armor provides protection to officers and rescued persons in extreme waters without interfering with the rescuer’s range of motion. Once the concealed flotation portion of the vest has been inflated, it can be adjusted to place the wearer in four different body angles to prevent plunging in waves. It also features a dedicated rescue strap to provide secure airway and thermal protective positioning to the rescued person so the rescuer can move freely.
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"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on." — Bob Newhart
Read More →There's always a risk that when a Supreme Court decision discusses two or more major points, those points may get blurred. One familiar example is Terry v. Ohio, which is often cited as the opinion that gave us the "stop and frisk" rule.
Read More →The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked ASTM International to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and other involved parties to develop voluntary consensus standards for urban search-and-rescue (US&R) robots.
Read More →It's interesting the subliminal effect that movies can have on us. Especially us cops, who are the subjects of at least one or two movies a year. Some of you may remember the movie "48 Hours" starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy.
Read More →Most of us—Thank God—will never experience anything as emotionally, physically, and spiritually shattering as Hurricane Katrina. Short of an atomic bomb detonation or a biological attack, Katrina is as bad as it gets.
Read More →“We only have two things going for us,” said Deputy Marshal Eddie Dolan, calling in from Kodiak. “No one’s been shot so far and no hostages are involved. All the rest is bad news.”
Read More →One of the most ignored aspects of our work is report writing. But it shouldn’t be. Whether we are patrol officers or investigators, we write reports each and every day. And these reports stay with us from the day we write them all the way through the court process and beyond.
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