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Weapons

Range Systems Introduces Night Vision Targets

ThermBright targets utilize a proprietary advanced coating process that effectively reflects the cold energy of space when tilted backwards by 10 degrees.

December 18, 2012

Gangs

Cultivating Effective Gang Informants

In the long war between police gang fighters and the outlaw criminal gangs, gang defectors can be important and valuable allies. Unless someone in your team has the ability to recruit, cultivate, and utilize criminal informants, you're just functioning as procedural processors relying on chance to develop cases.

December 4, 2012

Patrol

Calif. Cops Forced to Kill Marine

Palm Springs (Calif.) Police officers shot and killed a U.S. Marine early Saturday, after he struck a bicycle officer with a vehicle and dragged a second officer who reached into the vehicle to turn off the ignition.

November 12, 2012

Careers

Preparing Yourself for Duty

Planning is simple, it takes minutes to avoid hours of frustration. I stay amazed at those who don't listen or catch the weather reports.

November 11, 2012

Special Units

N.C. SWAT Team Trains with Marines Special Unit

The Lincoln County (N.C.) Sheriff's SWAT team recently endured an intense, five-day tactical training session alongside the Marine’s Special Response Team (SRT) at Camp Lejeune.

October 9, 2012

Special Units

Batlskin System

Revision

Revision Military, manufacturer of protective soldier solutions, has made its Batlskin Modular Head Protection System available via retail.

September 29, 2012

Patrol

Feds Order Ariz. Sheriff To Retrieve Military Items

A Pentagon agency that oversees surplus military goods has ordered the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to retrieve hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise it had requisitioned and then "loaned" to non-police organizations in violation of the program's rules.

September 14, 2012

Patrol

Judge: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Must Be Shaved

A military judge on Thursday ordered officials to forcibly shave Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the shooting rampage at the Fort Hood base here in 2009, a move that is likely to delay the start of his trial for weeks as his defense lawyers appeal the ruling.

September 6, 2012

Patrol

Ex-Marine Kills 2, Self at N.J. Supermarket

The apparently disgruntled worker entered the store around 4 a.m. and shot two people and then himself. The gunman, an ex-Marine, was armed with an AK-47 and an automatic pistol.

August 30, 2012

Special Units

Student Wanted To Kill Officer To Join Hells Angels

A North Carolina State University student was involuntarily committed last month at the V.A. Hospital in Durham after telling campus police he planned to go on a killing spree, according to a court document.

August 28, 2012

Weapons

Marines Select Colt's New 1911 Pistol

The United States Marine Corps became the first U.S. military branch in three decades to order Colt 1911s with a July order for M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols.

August 21, 2012

Patrol

Accused Fort Hood Shooter Could Be Forcibly Shaved

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan should be forcibly shaved of his beard before his trial begins to avoid a "distracting and disruptive sideshow" that is "flagrantly disrespecting the Army," military prosecutors said Wednesday.

August 21, 2012