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Special Units

S.O.Tech Introduces Tactical Vest with Solar Panels

S.O. Tech and DynGlobal have developed a carrier vest system that uses integrated solar panels to charge tactical gear. The company will bring the product to SHOT Show in January to demonstrate its capabilities for law enforcement.

December 26, 2011

Technology

Surveillance Technology

Cops still sit in cars watching houses and businesses, but they are just as likely to be using clandestine tactics to see inside buildings and over fences, scan faces in a crowd, and review security camera footage. The newest and most innovative surveillance tools work without the bad guys ever knowing they are being watched until it's too late.

December 21, 2011

Patrol

Video: ACLU and NAACP Want Fed Probe of Vegas OIS

The NAACP in Las Vegas and the ACLU of Nevada want seperate investigations into the shooting of an unarmed Gulf War veteran who had rammed patrol cars at an apartment complex.

December 14, 2011

Patrol

Slain Va. Tech Officer was Father of Five

Deriek W. Crouse, an Army veteran and married father of five, was killed Thursday after pulling a driver over in a school parking lot. Police said the gunman walked up, shot the officer and then fled on foot before he apparently killed himself nearby. The deceased suspect was not involved in the traffic stop.

December 7, 2011

Patrol

Cannonball Strikes Calif. Home

An experiment being filmed for MythBusters went awry, when a cannonball traveling at 1,000 feet per second entered a neighborhood in Dublin, Calif. The cannonball punctured the front door of a home, exited the house, struck the roof of a second home, and landed inside a parked minivan.

December 6, 2011

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Wiley X Offers Eyewear To Wounded Warrior Film's Donors

Wiley X and Taylor Guitars are giving away an electric guitar and eyewear to donors who support the making of the wounded-warrior documentary "Still In the Fight."

December 4, 2011

Weapons

Former N.C. Deputy Pleads Guilty In Blackwater Gun Deal

A former deputy with the Camden County (N.C.) Sheriff's Office used his agency as a front to purchase automatic weapons for the military contractor formerly known as Blackwater.

November 14, 2011

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POLICE-TREXPO 2011: Iraq War Vet's Memoir

Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, author of "House to House: An Epic Memoir of War," gave the keynote presentation at this year's POLICE-TREXPO East. He gave a stirring presentation on close-quarter battle in the Battle of Fallujah.

October 26, 2011

Patrol

POLICE-TREXPO 2011: Grossman on Media Violence

Author, scholar, and warrior Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (U.S. Army Ret.) returned to POLICE-TREXPO East this year with his presentation "The Bulletproof Mind."

October 26, 2011

Patrol

Ga. Deputy Shot At Least Nine Times

Richmond County (Ga.) Sheriff's Deputy James Paugh was hit at least nine times by an Army National Guard soldier, and returned fire to hit Christopher Michael Hodges in the left forearm.

October 25, 2011

Patrol

Soldier Kills Ga. Deputy, Then Himself

An intoxicated soldier who was reportedly firing at vehicles with an M4 semiautomatic rifle fatally shot a Richmond County (Ga.) Sheriff's deputy earlier today before killing himself.

October 22, 2011

Patrol

DHS Technologies' Antimicrobial Shelter Fabric Enables In-Field Medical Procedures

DHS Technologies has introduced the XYTEX 500 fabric for its Reeves DRASH shelters that provides an aseptic, sterile-like environment for surgery and complex medical procedures in the field.

October 20, 2011