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Tactical Knife

Buck Knives and TOPS Knives have collaborated to provide the Model TBT-101 liner-lock folder. The TOPS-designed blade is a 3.5-inch modified Tanto blade, made of 0.175-inch thick, high-grade ATS 34 stainless steel.

Train-The-Trainer Manual

The Train-the Trainer Manual from SecureSearch covers a wide range of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and chemical components, and containers used in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) with hundreds of full-color photos. Detailed explanations are given of how the item works, why it is hazardous, and how it is employed in the firing train within an IED.

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Douglas County (Colo.) Sheriff's Detention Unit

Inmates at Douglas County Detention Center in Colorado are indeed being punished, but the deputies who work there don't style themselves as punishers. Rather, they work as enforcers and facilitators-maintaining order and teaching life skills that will hopefully reduce the number of "repeat customers" to the jail.

Fighting Back Against IEDs

From Madrid to London, Bali to Mumbai, and Baghdad to Kabul, the IED is a global tactical and strategic threat to Americans and our allies.

NTOA Honors Pittsburgh SWAT Officers

The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) honored the actions of the Pittsburgh SWAT unit that responded to an April ambush that resulted in the deaths of three officers at the hands of a heavily armed 22-year-old gunman.

Rocker Ozzy Buys Police Dog for Indiana Agency

Osbourne has purchased a new dog for the canine unit of the Muncie Police Department, following the retirement of one of the agency's police dogs, the Star-Press reports.

Discovery Channel and Oakland PD Argue Over Gang Crime in City

Oakland, according to police spokesman Jeff Thomason, has only a half-dozen gangs. What's even more astonishing is that police say that just a dozen of the more than 200 homicides in this city in 2008 and 2009 have been listed as gang-related killings.

American Airline Employees Arrested For Using Commercial Aircraft To Ship Drugs

Eight American Airlines employees were among the 23 people arrested in Miami and Puerto Rico as part of Drug Enforcement Administration's "Operation Heavy Cargo" that uncovered a drug trafficking organization that used commercial aircraft to import cocaine.

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FBI Raids New York Homes Visited by Al-Qaeda Suspect

Federal officials launched a series of raids Monday in New York City after tailing a suspected Al Qaeda operative believed to have been orchestrating a bomb plot.

New Wiley X Orion and Aries Gloves Constructed for Combat, Flight

Both the new Wiley X Orion glove and Wiley X Aries glove are constructed using a distinctive blend of materials for ultra-protective, highly durable, precision-touch gloves for tactical and combat operations.

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Assault Weapons Stolen From Cop Car

Clayton County police in Georgia are very concerned about two guns that are now on the streets. The guns are theirs. They were stolen when thieves broke into a Clayton County SWAT officer's patrol car.

Cops: City Worker Hid Gang Guns in Kids' Toy Box

Police charged a City of Raleigh employee with several counts of child abuse Monday after they accused him of storing gang members' guns in his children's toy box.

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