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• Cobb County S.W.A.T. Team Receives Bergara Custom Rifles

  11-11-2015 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bergara USA, a division of BPI Outdoors, has delivered the Bergara custom tactical rifles to the Cobb County Police Department S.W.A.T. unit. The contract was secured in May of this year and Bergara began the process of designing and building the custom rifles based on the Cobb County S.W.A.T. unit's requirements.Officers were eager to get the new rifles out on the range for testing and training and were not disappointed with the performance and accuracy of their new Bergara S.W.A.T. rifles.Orig
  
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• Cloud-based Document Management Technology Helps Police Identify Criminals

  11-11-2015 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Secaucus (NJ) Police Department used web-based software to disseminate burglary footage to officers, leading to a quick identification and enhanced collaboration between detectives and patrol staff. The technology from Orlando, Florida-based PowerDMS enables agencies to upload their most important content into a web-based platform, then distribute it directly to officers' mobile devices or computers for review, according to the company.Over the course of one night in August, burglaries took
  
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• PropertyRoom.com Now Provides Firearms Auction Services

  11-11-2015 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Founded by a former law enforcement officer, PropertyRoom.com was created to help law enforcement agencies nationwide auction goods seized during raids, forfeited by criminals, or unclaimed by the original owners. Working with more than 3,000 police departments, sheriff's offices, municipalities, and other organizations, PropertyRoom.com has streamlined the auction process by cataloging the unclaimed property, refurbishing it if needed, performing the authentication process, auctioning it, and d
  
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• Texas Chief Dies After Being Shot in Face

  11-11-2015 18:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Law enforcement officers Wednesday morning were escorting the body of slain Marlin, TX, police Chief Darrell Allen, 43, back to Marlin from Dallas, where an autopsy was performed after Allen died Tuesday, reports KWTX.Allen, who was shot in the face and critically wounded on Nov. 1 during a struggle with a man while working security at a bar in Temple, died at around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, where he had been in critical condition since the shooting.Funeral arra
  
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• Panasonic Announces World’s First Fully Rugged Detachable Laptop

  11-11-2015 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Panasonic, an industry leader in mobile computers, has announced release of the world’s first fully rugged detachable laptop. The company says the Toughbook 20 delivers the durability, reliability, and performance Panasonic is known for, while adding the increased level of flexibility and functionality customers want in a single fully rugged computer. Combining the best features of a laptop and tablet, the new device is ideal for field workers that need a highly mobile computing solution a
  
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• Keep Your Patrol Rifle on Safe

  11-11-2015 00:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The modern sporting rifle, most commonly in the form of the semi-automatic AR-15, has been in the arsenals of many law enforcement agencies since the late 1990s. These rifles were chosen to replace or complement shotguns in patrol vehicles after the Los Angeles Police Department's experience using pistols and shotguns against body armor-wearing suspects at the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Robbery. More agencies added rifles after 9/11.Many of the agencies that have issued rifles to their officers o
  
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