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Patrol

NYPD Unveils New Policy to “Reduce Unnecessary Marijuana Arrests”

According to NYPD projections, the new policy will likely reduce overall marijuana arrests in New York City by about 10,000 per year based on 2017 arrest records and patterns.

June 21, 2018

Patrol

Georgia Officer Busted in Drug Raid Resigns

Atlanta Police Officer Iris Rowe tendered her resignation on Wednesday after she was among the subjects arrested in a raid at an apartment complex on Monday during which officers found marijuana, pills, guns, ammunition, and cash.

June 14, 2018

Patrol

Two Hospitalized After Unwittingly Consuming ‘Edibles’

Two hotel housekeepers in Vermont were hospitalized Wednesday after they unknowingly ate marijuana edibles.

June 14, 2018

Patrol

Ohio Drug Smuggling Task Force Announces Major Fentanyl Seizure

Officials said that the volume of drugs had “the capability of killing more than four million people.”

June 14, 2018

Patrol

Florida Man Calls Police to Test Illegal Drugs

Douglas Kelly contacted the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and said he purchased methamphetamine about a week earlier and had a “bad reaction” after smoking the narcotic.

June 14, 2018

Patrol

Police Could Access Drug Database Under Proposed North Carolina Law

The Controlled Substance Reporting System is a database of prescriptions that doctors and pharmacists can use to see if a patient is getting controlled substances from multiple doctors.

June 14, 2018

Patrol

Minneapolis Police Cease Undercover Marijuana Operations

The Minneapolis Police Department has ordered its officers to discontinue sting operations that target “low-level” marijuana possession and sales.

June 8, 2018

Technology

Deployment Strategies for Handheld Thermal Imagers

FLIR Systems

Forward-thinking agency heads and even individual officers or agents are no longer waiting for someday because they realize the needs are great and the cost of handheld thermal technology is now within reach of nearly any group or professional.

June 1, 2018

Special Units

Video: FBI Raids Target Mexican Mafia's L.A. Jail Drug Trafficking

Authorities arrested dozens of people Wednesday as part of Operation Dirty Thirds, a multi-agency dragnet targeted at a Los Angeles County jail drug trafficking scheme controlled by the Mexican mafia.

May 24, 2018

Patrol

California K-9 Finds 60 Pounds of Meth First Day on the Job

Rye, West Covina's newest K-9 recruit, came to the scene where he sniffed out more meth that had been hidden inside two compartments. One was located under the driver's seat, with the other located under the passenger's seat.

May 21, 2018

Patrol

Protecting Police Dogs From Fentanyl

Fentanyl is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin—so deadly that just a few inhaled grains can cause an overdose. (A few human police officers have been hospitalized after accidentally inhaling puffs of the substance.) That can be a problem when sniffing is a police dog’s primary mode of detective work.

May 14, 2018

Technology

Cocaine Breathalyzers On the Horizon for Law Enforcement

A cocaine breathalyzer may soon help law enforcement sniff out the drug within minutes, thanks to a new low-cost, chemical-sensing chip being developed.

May 11, 2018