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Patrol

California Police Find Pipe Bomb in Man's Pants at T-Stop

A 19-year-old man pulled over by Clayton, Calif., police for driving a car with expired registration was found with a pipe bomb in his pants pocket, authorities said Thursday.

June 26, 2014

Patrol

Knife-Wielding Man Shot, Killed by Troopers on Seattle Bridge

Washington state troopers shot a man who reportedly advanced on them with a knife after stopping his truck and setting it on fire on a busy bridge Monday night. The man has died from wounds sustained during the shooting.

June 16, 2014

Patrol

Intelligence Committee Chairs: America 'Less Safe' from Terror

Interviewed on CNN's "State of the Union," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she believed that there are now more terrorists with the technological means to carry out a bombing in the U.S.

December 1, 2013

Patrol

N.C. Officers Find 24 IEDs in Drug Suspect's Home

One IED was detected on the outside of his home. Officers then started searching the area, where they found 23 more IEDs in a hidden trap door underneath his floor. Half of the IEDs were constructed with enhanced shrapnel called lead shot on the inside of them.

October 30, 2013

SWAT

Campus IED Attack: The Answer

With this SWAT blog, we're answering a question proposed in the May 29 blog, "Campus IED Attack: What Would You Do?" You told us how you would handle the scenario of a campus active shooter suspect with IEDs. Here's the answer.

June 13, 2013

SWAT

Campus IED Attack: What Would You Do?

You respond to a Columbine-style school attack by suspects with guns and IEDs. Tell us how you would handle the situation by adding your comment below.

May 28, 2013

Training

How To Become a Bomb Tech

POLICE

Working as part of an effective hazardous devices team requires more than donning a bomb suit.

January 22, 2013

Patrol

SAFE-T Explosive Detection Items

Raptor Detection

Already in use by military organizations, Raptor Detection Technologies' SAFE-T explosives detection products are now available to law enforcement.

April 22, 2012

Special Units

Discovery Channel Gunman was Armed with Starter Pistol, Bombs

The 'gunman' in yesterday's Discovery Channel hostage standoff was only armed with starter pistols, which are incapable of firing bullets. He also had bombs.

September 1, 2010

Special Units

SWAT Called to Discovery Channel's Maryland HQ, Gunman Inside

Montgomery County police have confirmed the Discovery Communications headquarters on Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring has been evacuated after the report of a man possibly with explosives inside the building.

August 31, 2010