High-stakes rescue. An officer was called to the scene when a teenager appeared to be considering a suicide attempt over a busy Interstate. Find out how the officer was able to talk his way within grabbing distance, and then make a high-stakes grab for the boy in the pouring rain.
The good side of texting. Often officers are working to deter cell phone use, but some innovative authorities in Pittsburgh embraced the technology while working to settle local riots over the event.
The lone holdout. Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson appears to be the lone holdout among the state’s largest metropolitan law enforcement agencies in refusing to issue Tasers to his deputies. The question is obvious: why?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Daily Briefing: Heroic Action, Text Messaging on the Job, and Bucking The Taser Trend
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