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Vehicle Ops

Carbon Motors Appeals To Obama Administration for Loan

More than two years after submitting a federal loan application to build its concept police cruiser, Carbon Motors has asked President Obama's cabinet to help move the stalled project.

December 19, 2011

Patrol

Obama Slashes National Guard at Mexico Border

Early next year, President Obama will cut back the number of National Guard troops patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border by half as a cost-cutting measure.

December 15, 2011

Technology

Obama Jobs Bill Would Allocate D Block to Public Safety

President Obama's $474 billion jobs bill would set aside the 700Mhz D Block spectrum for a dedicated broadband public safety network and provide funding to build and operate it.

September 13, 2011

Technology

9/11 Threat Posted on White House Facebook Page

One of the messages included a picture of Osama bin Laden and said, "We'll come back 11/9/2011 to kill u all."

September 11, 2011

Patrol

Obama: 9/11 Isn't 'Just About Us'

The Obama Administration is circulating two sets of 9/11 talking points memos — one for governments and consulates overseas and a second for domestic citizens — that provide guidelines about how to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2001 New York terrorist attacks.

August 29, 2011

Patrol

Feds Sue Alabama Over Tough Immigration Law

The Department of Justice filed a legal challenge against Alabama's tough immigration law, as the Obama Administration's latest salvo against states who attempt immigration reform.

August 1, 2011

Special Units

U.S. Targets Four International Criminal Organizations

The Obama administration announced new sanctions against four international criminal organizations on Monday in an attempt to cripple their reach into the United States.

July 25, 2011

Patrol

Secret Service Investigates Obama Assassination Hoax

The U.S. Secret Service has launched an investigation into the hacking of the Fox News Twitter account and six tweets posted early Monday claiming President Obama had been assassinated.

July 4, 2011

Technology

Interoperability: 10 Years Too Long

Regardless of the finer details, the fact remains that Americans and public safety agencies have waited far too long for an interoperable public safety broadband network. Now — not next year or the one after — is the time for Congress to lay aside differences and stand behind the more than 2 million first responders who serve this country.

June 30, 2011

Technology

Obama Signs Patriot Act Renewal

The law signed late Thursday was initially passed after the 9/11 attacks and authorizes law enforcement authorities to get court approval to obtain "roving wiretaps" on suspected foreign agents with multiple modes of communications, track non-American "lone wolves" suspected of terrorism, and obtain certain business records and even library records.

May 26, 2011

Patrol

Obama Skips Police Week, Hosts Controversial Rapper

Obama did not attend the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's candlelight vigil Friday evening. He also skipped the Peace Officer's Memorial Service on Sunday on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. President George W. Bush attended the Peace Officer's Memorial every year except one.

May 14, 2011

Patrol

Dear Mr. President

Whether they carry the title of agent, officer, or marshal, your federal officers are being sent into the teeth of a war without weapons and with rules of engagement written by fools. Worse, one of your agencies tasked with the job of keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals has actually been supplying those criminals with weapons.

April 10, 2011