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• Collateral Damage

  17-11-2015 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m., Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion and partial building collapse killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured more than 600 others. McVeigh was caught almost immediately because of an alert patrol officer during a traffic stop, tried and convicted in 1997, and executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001.Buffalo News reporters Dan Herbeck and Lou Michel interviewed McVeigh for 75 hours before he
  
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• Reaching Out to the Community

  17-11-2015 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, MO, police officer on August 9, 2014, made headlines when it led to a series of protests and riots within the community. The unrest continued on November 24, 2014, when a grand jury decided not to indict the white officer for killing the young black man. Less than a year later, rioting flared in Baltimore after the April 12, 2015, arrest and subsequent in-custody death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American.The events that unfolded in F
  
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• Police Radios Transition into a New Era

  17-11-2015 23:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Although they aren't as sexy as the other contemporary tools of law enforcement that make more headlines like body-worn cameras and high-tech forensics equipment, no technology is more vital to your mission than your communications equipment.Since the late 1990s law enforcement communications tools have been transitioning, first from analog to digital signals, then to advanced digital processing and narrow banding to meet the Project 25 (P25) standard, and now from land mobile radio portables in
  
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• Video: NC Department Creates Doritos Ad Featuring Hungry K-9 Officer

  17-11-2015 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NC Department Creates Doritos Ad Featuring Hungry K-9 OfficerThe Fayetteville (NC) Police Department has been working on its image with the younger crowd, and their attempt at a Doritos commercial just might do the trick, reports WTVD.The department came up with a 30-second spot centered around its K-9 cop who has the "crunchies" all day for Doritos.Employees volunteered their time for two days to put the video together. Now, they're hoping enough people voted for the video to get it on T
  
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• Under the Influence

  17-11-2015 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You notice a driver weaving in and out of traffic, so you signal with lights and siren for him to pull over. He definitely seems out of sorts, so you conduct the standardized field sobriety tests, which he fails. But when you administer a breath test, his blood alcohol content (BAC) is way below the legal limit for alcohol–despite his clearly exhibiting signs of being under the influence.What you have here is most likely a case of "drug driving," which is being reported much more often, es
  
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• Dallas Police Excessive-Force Complaints Drop Dramatically

  17-11-2015 23:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dallas Police Chief David Brown says his agency's shift toward de-escalation is driving a sharp drop in excessive-force complaints against officers. In 2009, the year before Brown became chief, 147 such complaints were filed. So far this year, 13 have been filed — on pace to be the lowest number in at least two decades."This is the most dramatic development in policing anywhere in the country," Brown said in an interview Friday with The Dallas Morning News. "We've had this kind of impact b
  
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• Connecticut City Called Model for Police-Minority Relations

  17-11-2015 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  New Haven, CT, is a model for the nation in improving relations between law enforcement and minority communities that have frayed following highly publicized violence by police, FBI Director James Comey said Monday.Comey and NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock spoke at a conference in New Haven aimed at improving how police and minorities interact and work together to solve problems, reports the Associated Press.Comey cited the success of the city's Project Longevity program, which has brought together
  
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• Traffic and Speed Enforcement

  17-11-2015 23:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  All Traffic SolutionsThe DragonEye hand-held Lidar from All Traffic Solutions is designed to be rugged, lightweight, and easy to use for speed measurement. The DragonEye Speed Lidar features a true color, heads-up display for fast, long range operation, accurate up to 6,000 feet, while the 1-pound compact version features a true color, unity power heads-up display for rapid target acquisition up to 3,000 feet. Either DragonEye model combined with the TraffiCloud Web-Based Remote Management Servi
  
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• Mexico Extradites Drug Cartel Boss to U.S.

  17-11-2015 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mexico has extradited top drug trafficker Cesar Gastelum Serrano to the United States, where he is accused of running a network that smuggles tons of cocaine into the U.S. via Central America, authorities said Sunday, reports the AFP.Gastelum, who is linked to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel, was arrested in April in the Mexican resort of Cancun.He was handed over to American authorities at an airport outside Mexico City along with another man wanted on US federal drug charges, Alejandro Rubio
  
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• Robbery at a Fast Food Restaurant

  17-11-2015 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In every call for service, you should think things through before you begin your response. Each call can be broken down into three phases: pre-response, response, and post-response. The following scenario is designed to help you think things through rather than give you a specific way to handle the call.SituationYou get a call at 1:30 a.m. that the freezer alarm has been sounded at a local fast food restaurant with drive-through service that's located in a high-traffic tourist area of town. It's
  
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• TacVent: Cooling System

  17-11-2015 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jeff Shelton says throughout much of his law enforcement career he wouldn't wear body armor for the same reason that many officers refuse to wear their vests, heat and discomfort.Then came Nov. 1, 2013. Shelton, a sergeant with a Southern California law enforcement agency, was training that morning when a man started shooting people with an AR-15 in Terminal 3 of Los Angeles International Airport. Arriving at the airport, Shelton decided to wear his tactical body armor with the ceramic plates. A
  
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• Your Leadership Roles

  17-11-2015 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You're kidding yourself if you think that you will ever have a fully trained and motivated command. With the natural ebb and flow of personnel issues your job as a supervisor never stops, and it goes far beyond signing time sheets and showing up on certain calls. You are a trainer, a coach, and if you care about the future, a mentor. Unfortunately, many in command positions use these three words interchangeably. In reality, each has its own role, specific purpose, and desired outcome.Of the thre
  
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• Official: Minneapolis Police Shooting Videos Won't Be Released

  17-11-2015 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  State investigators looking into the fatal police shooting of a Minneapolis man during a scuffle have several partial videos of the incident but won't release them despite demands from protesters, an official said Tuesday, reports the Chicago Tribune.Jamar ONeal Clark, 24, died Monday evening, a day after he was shot by police during an early-morning dispute, the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Tuesday.Some witnesses said Clark was handcuffed when he was shot, which police dispute. Hi
  
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• Make Them Pay

  17-11-2015 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last month within about a 10-day period several on-duty law enforcement officers were denied service at outlets of some of the largest restaurant chains in the country. You've read the stories, but I'm going to take you back through one that really makes my blood boil.On Oct. 11, a Kansas City, Mo., officer went to a local Olive Garden restaurant to enjoy a birthday lunch with his family. He was on duty, in uniform, and of course carrying his sidearm, and he was denied service. Here's a man who
  
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• NYPD's New Phones Will Be 'On The Go' Crime Labs

  17-11-2015 20:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NYPD smartphones that every officer is set to be issued by next year will become an invaluable resource in fighting crime in real time, officials said Sunday.The phones, which will be linked directly to the mainframe computers at One Police Plaza, will allow NYPD brass to share important breaking information with more than 35,000 cops with the push of a button, getting out details of events as they unfold at home and abroad, authorities said.Other ways the phones will be able to aid cops in
  
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• Capitol Police Roll Out Transgender Policy; Union Cries Foul

  17-11-2015 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Capitol Police rolled out a progressive new policy on Oct. 29 for handling interactions with transgender individuals.The six-page directive, obtained by CQ Roll Call, instructs officers on security screening, frisks, medical treatment and arrests for a population that the Justice Department defines as particularly vulnerable.One of the most high-profile cases in police treatment of transgender people centered on the Washington Metropolitan Police Department's mistreatment of Patti Hammond Shaw,
  
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• NJ Man Busted After Pot Found Visibly in Car at Police Station

  17-11-2015 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Toms River, NJ, man who was appearing in traffic court Thursday was arrested after officers found his car illegally parked at the police station with marijuana inside, authorities said.Felix Suliveres, 26, admitted he smoked marijuana about a half hour before his hearing, according to the Palisades Interstate Parkway (NJ) Police Department. He told officers he only gives away the drug and doesn't sell it, reports nj.com.PIP Police Officers Gregory Kimbro and Timothy Conboy saw Suliveres' white
  
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• Video: First Dog Certified to Sniff Out Prescription Drugs Has Died

  17-11-2015 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: First Dog Certified to Sniff Out Prescription Drugs Has DiedThe Warren County (OH) Sheriff's Department has lost a first-of-its-kind police dog.K-9 Kash, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, was diagnosed with cancer late last year but continued to work until July. He was the first in the United States certified to sniff out prescription drugs. Kash also could detect other narcotics and track down suspects, reports WCPO.Kash and his partner, Deputy Brian Lewis, are credited with helping in hund
  
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• Alabama Sheriff to Return Tracked Vehicles to Meet Federal Guidelines

  17-11-2015 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Calhoun County, AL, Sheriff Larry Amerson says his department is returning its tracked armored vehicles because of new federal guidelines from the Obama Administration, reports al.com.The tracked vehicles, which are armored but have no artillery or weapons, were acquired in 2004 through the federal 1033 program, which transferred excess military equipment to civilian law enforcement agencies at no cost - only shipping and handling fees.In a statement, Amerson said losing the vehicles will make b
  
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• PR Firm Launches Service to Defend Police Officers from Anti-Cop Activists

  17-11-2015 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Reacting to the national wave of anti-police activism, a Southern California public relations firm has launched a new service to prepare and represent individual law enforcement officers who find themselves facing media scrutiny. Cop PRotect (www.CopPRotect.com) provides police officers across the country with Web-based media relations and reputation management services. The company says the service is designed to both prepare officers for possible media scrutiny and represent them if the need a
  
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