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Weapons
Policeman Tasers And Arrests Girl, 10, For Throwing A Fit
1:00PM Sean Fallon | Are idiot cops with tasers in some sort of competition with one another? I think the new record for stupidity belongs to Dustin Bradshaw, the Arkansas police officer who zapped and arrested a 10-year-old girl for throwing a fit. More »
Weapons
Bitch-Busting, Ammo-Counting Aliens Gun Is Real, Scary
9:20AM Apoorva Prasad | At Milipol, I was walking around FN Herstal’s booth, playing with futuristic-looking P90s, Five-Sevens and F2000s when I noticed a camera-toting tourist pretend-blasting with something very very cool: The Armatronics “Black Box” suite with Moving Red Dot Fire Control. More »
Weapons
Weapons, Robots And Spy Gear From The Paris Military-Police Expo
1:00AM Apoorva Prasad | The Milipol exhibition in Paris is where all the pros play with the military-industrial complex’s hottest toys. I used special commando skills (and a press badge) to infiltrate the premises and show you the world’s freshest, most mind-blowing security tech. More »
Weapons
Tasers Safer Than Batons, Not Safer Than Not Beating ‘Em Up
10:20AM Adam Frucci | A new study by the University of Pennsylvania has found that it’s safer for cops to use tasers to subdue perps than their fists and batons. But safest of all? Using words and patience. More »
Robots
Police Robot Negotiator Ends Stand-Off With Armed Man
5:41AM Jesus Diaz | Sensorial telepresence is a fancy name for sending robots with sensors to remote places, generally to perform dangerous tasks. Last Saturday, one was used to negotiate with an armed 61-year-old man holding a hostage, barricaded into a home. More »
Gadgets
Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Baby Gets Hit By Train, Strolls Away…There’s a Hole In My Heart That Can Only Be Filled By—Stem Cells?…Beware Bobbies Bearing BlackBerries…Science Figures Out Why We Break Out Bubbly More »
Random Stuff
NYPD May Track Your Phone If You’re Arrested For…Any Reason
1:40PM Rosa Golijan | The folks at the NYPD are so sweet! No matter what you’re arrested for, they’re nice enough to remove your mobile phone’s battery “to avoid leakage” and jot down your IMEI number. They’ll even add it to a database. More »
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Undercover Police Can’t Resist Playing With A Drug Dealer’s Wii
4:20AM Sean Fallon | For many of us, the novelty value of the Wii wore off a long time ago—not so for undercover cops in Polk County, Florida. They were recently busted bowling on the job by a convicted drug dealer’s security camera. More »
Weapons
Police Taser Legless Man In Wheelchair
7:40PM Danny Allen | Internal Affairs are investigating witness reports that Merced police twice Tasered a 40 year-old double-amputee because he had a “big mouth”. Initial charges against him were dropped, so how much resistance could he have put up? Talk about overkill. More »
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