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NJ cops: Gunman in daylong standoff has hostages

Since Friday afternoon the suspect has been holed up in a two-story building with an unknown number of hostages - Full Story

Video: Suspect ambushes officers, killed in shootout

One suspect hid in a car, and began firing as officers approached the second suspect, spurring a fatal shootout - Full Story

Columns

Lance Eldridge - All Law Enforcement is Local

Learning from the case of Marine veteran James Brower

The NYPD has been, on the whole, a generous veteran employer - Full Story

Columns

Lance Eldridge - All Law Enforcement is Local

PTSD and police: Hiring and retaining war veterans in our ranks

Ensure that your PD doesn’t fall prey to sensationalist and politicized reporting on PTSD by anti-war media, which otherwise may influence hiring decisions in risk-averse departments - Full Story

Traffic Stops - Control your Risk Factors

Dave Smith discusses the risks of "routine" traffic stops and the dangers that they present. He illustrates how to assess the situation and mitigate these risks.

Exclusives

3 ways cops could use Google Glass

So-called 'augmented reality' is not unlike the view that the movies showed RoboCop and the Terminator to have, where data was superimposed over whatever they saw. - Full Story

Exclusives

The 'paper' PC: A tablet fit for your squad room?

Plastic Logic demonstrated the PaperTab — a computer no thicker than a floppy sheet of plastic — at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this year - Full Story

AG blames 'system failure' for OIS

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said officers positioned on both sides of a stopped vehicle mistook crossfire for shots from the car, leading to many more shots fired. (AP Image) A confusing scene

In-depth News

The rising trend of 'swatting'

One of the largest growing trends among pranksters is a hoax known an swatting — a false emergency call to police, generally directed at celebrities — sending officers, police K-9s, helicopters, and often SWAT teams to the home of an unsuspecting celebrity resident, or often times an empty home. Victims of this hoax include Tom Cruise, Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher, Chris Brown, and Kim Kardashian.

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