Court Report

Police in Rising Arms Race With Crooks

Some jurisdictions across the U.S. have been arming rank-and-file officers with high-powered assault rifles for a decade or more. But law enforcement officials say that trend has accelerated in the last year because of greater numbers of shootouts, standoffs in which police were outgunned, rising officer deaths and mass shootings of civilians by heavily armed gunmen. Read more...
Posted by Webmaster at March 24, 2008 12:37 AM