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Video: N.H. Cop Rescues Driver From Burning Car

A Manchester (N.H.) Police officer's dashboard camera captured his rescue of an unconscious driver from a burning car with the help of bystanders. Officer Gerad Gonzalez helped drag an unconscious man to safety.

August 19, 2012

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6 Crucial Contacts When Planning Event Security

When planning events, you'll want to involve the event coordinator (or committee); fire and ambulance services; information technology and communications; public works; the media; and organized volunteers.

March 7, 2012

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Citizen Saw Mich. Robbers Switch Vehicles, Called Authorities

While waiting to make a deposit at the drive-through ATM of the ChoiceOne bank in Ravenna, local business owner Timothy Hendges spotted the two bank robbers who later struck and killed an officer during a high-speed pursuit.

October 13, 2011

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Dealing With Citizen Complaints

Once you realize that it's not personal, complaint response becomes a process not a confrontation. The key to dealing with any complaint is showing respect. By respecting yourself and others, everything else will fall into place.

July 12, 2010

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California Customers Disarm Would-Be Bank Robber

Three people, including the suspect, Robert Gordon Lockwood, 51, of Long Beach, were shot and wounded during the botched robbery, said Lisa Massacani, a spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department. It's unclear how each of the victims or Lockwood were shot, authorities said.

March 8, 2010

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N.C. Carjacking Suspect Smacked with Frozen Turkey

Fred L. Ervin got his Thanksgiving turkey early this year. A passer-by armed with a frozen turkey used the bird as a cudgel upside Ervin's head Sunday while coming to the rescue of a woman outside a grocery store on Sunday, Fuquay-Varina police say.

November 24, 2008

Technology

LAPD Unveils New Tipster Tool: Anonymous Text Messages

Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton on Wednesday unveiled a new system allowing people to provide anonymous crime tips to police through text messages and the department's website.

September 17, 2008

Technology

NYPD to Use Cell Phone Images to Catch Bad Guys

Now New Yorkers can send images and videos from their phone to cops regarding crimes, and to 311 regarding quality of life issues.

September 10, 2008

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The Big Score

That's when I showed them one of the jugs. It was labeled in Latin "aqua distillas." That's right: Vernon and James had scored big with several brown glass jugs of distilled water.

October 31, 2004

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Living Law Enforcement History

Some lesser-known outfits that helped keep the peace in the old days were short-lived or eventually evolved into state police or highway patrol units. Few of these groups have survived into the 21st century, but two carry on as volunteers assisting full-time law enforcement, much as they did long ago.

October 31, 2002

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On Accountability

More astounding is the fact those same people seem perfectly content to put their lives into your hands.

November 30, 2001

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I Heard the Snap of the Tower...

On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, shortly after eight in the morning, I transmitted a tone and announced a third alarm for the borough of Manhattan, N.Y. The call was initially reported as a high-rise fire in the World Trade Center tower 1.

October 31, 2001