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St. Louis Officer, Car Theft Suspect Shoot it Out

A St. Louis police officer ran out of ammo in a shootout with a car theft suspect today and was forced to crawl to cover.

Pipe Bombs Found in California College Dorm

About 455 freshman students were safely evacuated from a University of California at Davis campus dormitory last night after police found pipe bomb materials in a student's room.

Teen Rape Victim Identifies Suspects via MySpace

A 16-year-old Seattle-area girl recently used MySpace.com to identify four males who allegedly raped her.

SHOT Show 2008: Report from the Aisles

At this year's SHOT, held last month in Las Vegas, aisles of booths were overflowing into several tent buildings erected in the parking lot. And a good portion of the overflow belonged to law enforcement products.

Graffiti

In a Broken Windows crime model, graffiti is one of those foothold crimes that leads to a neighborhood's decay.

Emergency Flotation Device

The Nebulus Emergency Flotation Device was developed to provide temporary flotation for submerged snowmobiles and ATVs as well as up to three riders. It is designed to be manually inflated by an emergency first responder or the rider when the recreation vehicle breaks through ice.

10X42 BINOCULAR

Steiner is building its new compact 27-ounce, 10x42 Roof Prism, Police Binocular to include rugged, shockproof, and waterproof integrity, and fully multicoated optics and phase corrected roof prisms that produce optimum resolution, brightness, and color reproduction.

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Charlotte Officer Wounded in Shooting

Charlotte-Mecklenburg SWAT came under fire Wednesday as they served an arrest warrant in a north Charlotte home. An officer and a suspect were wounded in the gunfight. A Salvadorian illegal immigrant and his brother were charged and arrested.

Pennsylvania Capitol Police Seeking New Recruits

In order to provide additional police protection in the Capitol Complex, the Pennsylvania Capitol Police have announced the start of a statewide recruiting effort to add approximately 20 officers to its force by 2009.

Missouri City Council Shooter Used Stolen Gun

Authorities say the .44 caliber handgun used by Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton to kill Kirkwood, Mo., police Sgt. William Biggs may have been stolen. After killing Biggs, Thornton took the officer's .40 S&W duty weapon and used both to open fire on the St. Louis suburb's city council. Four people, including another officer, were killed in the Feb. 7 shooting before Thornton was shot and killed by police.

Georgia Gang Members Convicted of Murder, Drug, and Multiple Violent Crimes

Five Georgia gang members were convicted earlier this week in federal district court of criminal charges that include racketeering, murder, attempted murder, assault, methamphetamine trafficking, and numerous related firearms offenses. The jury convicted the defendants after six weeks of trial and two days of deliberations.

NYPD and Amtrak Discuss Security Concerns

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly recently hosted a meeting of law enforcement officials whose agencies comprise the Northeast Corridor Coalition, to discuss security issues along the Amtrak rail line between New York and Washington, D.C.

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