Author: Mike WoodThanks to a recent LA Times op-ed, there has been a lot of discussion about how striker-fired pistols — like the Glock — are a “bad choice” for police. The author of the piece, Bob Owens, argued that because of the short travel triggers on these guns and “lack of a safety,” which […]
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Police: Woman held down husband in Vegas hatchet attack
By Sally Ho Associated Press LAS VEGAS — An Idaho woman who was having an affair orchestrated a gruesome Las Vegas hatchet attack that left her husband dead with his head nearly severed while they were on a family trip on Memorial Day, police said. Police identified the victim as Enrique Hernandez, 43, who had […]
Slain Omaha officer honored at her funeral
By Margery A. Beck Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha police officer Kerrie Orozco was one day away from going on maternity leave to care for the daughter she had delivered prematurely three months earlier when she answered a call to help a fellow officer. Within minutes, Orozco lay in a yard fatally wounded. She […]