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Patrol

Connecticut Police Detonate "Pressure Cooker" Device Found Near Elementary School

Officers with the Meriden (CT) Police Department were called to investigate a reported suspicious package not far from Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden Thursday morning. They discovered what they called a "pressure cooker type device" and initiated a "shelter-in-place" until the bomb squad could detonate the device.

August 31, 2018

Patrol

TN Officer Stabbed Trying to Detain Mentally Ill Suspect

Roby reportedly stabbed one officer and he attempted to injure 10 other officers on the scene by throwing explosive devices.

January 31, 2018

Special Units

Police Rescue Teacher Held Hostage at CA Elementary School

A SWAT team rescued a teacher being held hostage in the classroom of an elementary school in Riverside, CA, Tuesday after an hourslong standoff. The hostage taker was fatally shot. More Here.

November 1, 2017

Patrol

NYPD Bomb Tech Details for Jury How Pressure Cooker Bombs were Disarmed Last Year

The NYPD bomb-squad detective stood on West 27th Street in Chelsea on that warm Saturday night. A pressure cooker had been found on the sidewalk, with a cellphone beside it, the two connected by wires. A woman who had called 911 initially thought it was a child’s discarded science experiment. The detective knew it was likely an explosive device — another one had just exploded four blocks away.

October 9, 2017

Patrol

IL Police Department Tells People to Stop Bringing War Souvenir Munitions to Station for Disposal

“If you find an unexploded WWII anti-tank round in your home, PLEASE, don't drive it to the police department in a cardboard box,” a Tuesday tweet from the Dixon Police Department reads.

August 25, 2017

Patrol

4 NC Officers Injured in Explosive Device Attack

The officers had to have metal shrapnel removed from their skin after someone threw an explosive device at them.

June 14, 2017

Technology

LASD to Deploy UAV to Aid Deputies Working Bomb and Hostage Incidents

Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Thursday that his agency will begin deploying an unmanned aerial device to aid deputies responding to arson scenes, suspected bombs and hostage situations, but he promised the device would not be used to surveil residents.

January 13, 2017

Patrol

Charlotte Police HQ Evacuated After K-9 Alerts on "Suspicious Package"

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police removed a suspicious package from the department's uptown headquarters Tuesday night. More Here.

September 27, 2016

Patrol

Video: Charlotte Police HQ Evacuated After K-9 Alerts on "Suspicious Package"

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police removed a suspicious package from the department's uptown headquarters Tuesday night.

September 27, 2016

Patrol

Five IEDs Found Near NJ Train Station

An explosive device detonated during a police attempt to disarm it in Elizabeth, New Jersey early Monday, in the third New York City area incident involving what appear to be improvised bombs.

September 18, 2016

Patrol

Dozens Injured in New York Bombing, Second Device Found

An explosion rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood and injured 29 people, and a suspicious device discovered blocks away was safely removed early Sunday.

September 17, 2016

Patrol

Florida Bomb Squad Builds Beeping Easter Eggs for Blind Children to Hunt

The Tampa Bay Area Regional Bomb Squad built special Easter eggs so that local children who are blind or visually impaired could enjoy an Easter egg hunt this weekend.

March 28, 2016