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• Video: California Testing Digital License Plates

  30-05-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: California Testing Digital License PlatesCalifornia is testing a digital display license plate that allows changeable messages controlled by the driver or remotely by fleet managers.The new plates use the same computer technology as Kindle eBook readers, along with a wireless communication system, the Sacramento Bee reports.They come with their own computer chips and battery.If the car is stolen, the plate's manufacturer says the plate can tell the owner and police exactly where the car i
  
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• Off-Duty San Antonio Officer Shot 6 Times in Road Rage Incident

  30-05-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  An off-duty San Antonio police officer is expected to survive after he was shot six times in a possible road rage incident late Tuesday night. He underwent surgery Wednesday morning.The San Antonio Police Department says the incident began around 9:30 p.m. along Interstate 10 on the city's northwest side. SAPD Chief William McManus says it started as an altercation on the highway when a 25-year-old man thought an off-duty officer cut him off.The two drivers pulled into the AllStars Gen
  
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• Maryland Officials Investigating Accused Teen Cop Killer's House Arrest

  30-05-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three days before accused cop killer Dawnta Harris allegedly ran over and killed a Baltimore County police officer, juvenile caseworkers recommended house arrest for the 16-year-old as he awaited sentencing for car theft.Now state officials are investigating that recommendation by the Department of Juvenile Services.The West Baltimore teen had been convicted of stealing one car and accused of stealing three others in recent months, though two of the cases were dropped, according to court records
  
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• Franklin Armory Acquires Osprey Defense

  30-05-2018 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Firearm and trigger manufacturer Franklin Armory recently purchased Osprey Defense for its uniquely designed piston systems and accessories for the AR platform. The seller in this transaction, Ark Defense, presented the opportunity at SHOT Show this past January, and Franklin Armory jumped at the chance to acquire the well designed, patented products.Lee Tolleson, CEO and President of Ark Defense (the parent company of Osprey Defense), said, "With their company structure, innovative products, an
  
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• Tennessee Deputy Shot and Killed at Traffic Stop, Suspect at Large

  30-05-2018 20:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Dickson County (TN) Sheriff's Deputy was shot and killed at a traffic stop Wednesday morning and a man identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as a person of interest is the target of a statewide manhunt.A police source told WKRN the deputy tried to stop a driver with an expired tag around 7 a.m. before shots were exchanged during a short pursuit.The deputy's identity has not been released.Authorities are now searching for Steven Wiggins, who they said is a person of inte
  
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• SIG Sauer Introduces Thin Blue Line P320 Pistol to NAPED

  30-05-2018 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIG Sauer Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Police Equipment Distributors (NAPED), has announced it will begin offering a Special Edition Thin Blue Line SIG Sauer P320 Carry-size pistol. Availability for this special edition pistol will begin at the NAPED Annual General Meeting being held June 8th – 10th in Savannah, Georgia and extend through December 2018."More and more law enforcement agencies across the country are choosing the SIG Sauer P320 as their standard duty
  
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• How To Communicate During a Pursuit

  30-05-2018 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The key to effective communication during a pursuit is having radio discipline. The only three people that need to be talking on the primary channel (where the pursuit is unfolding) are the officer involved in the pursuit, the pursuit supervisor, and dispatch.Read PoliceMag.com How-To 
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• Officer Critically Wounded in Texas School Shooting Improving

  30-05-2018 00:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The police officer who was almost killed confronting a school shooter in Santa Fe, TX, on May 18 is no longer in critical condition, according to University of Texas Hospital in Galveston.John Barnes, 49, was among the officers who responded to the shooting, in which a gunman killed 10 people and injured 13 others. Barnes, a retired Houston police officer who joined the tiny Santa Fe ISD police department in January, was hit by a shotgun blast in the elbow.The blast caused massive bleeding and n
  
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