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The Explosives / EOD topic helps law enforcement and bomb techs keep up on the latest developments in techniques, tactics, and technology to disarm and defend against these threats.

Diversionary devices, like flashbangs, can save lives, but can also jeopardize officer safety if not used properly
Police agencies will be called upon to mitigate the effects of bombings and other incidents involving the use of explosive devices
In the wake of Manchester, can we finally declare the total failure of gun-free zones as a means to protect the innocent from the evil acts of terrorists and maniacs?
Bomb squad found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle of man who police say lunged at an officer with a knife and was fatally shot
FBI investigating whether the blast was domestic terrorism
Man lunged at an airport police officer with a knife during a confrontation
Mailed an inoperable homemade bomb to Ariz. sheriff in a plot to frame a former business partner
Woman who had several surgeries before having part of her leg amputated was discharged Saturday and has vowed to run the race next year
Sister pleaded guilty Tuesday to misleading a police detective during a counterfeiting investigation, avoiding jail time in an agreement with prosecutors
SWAT officers found a man dead from a self-inflicted wound after a standoff Saturday that began with multiple explosions
News organizations has objected to the FBI’s actions
If officers don’t take the right steps to ensure their personal safety on scene of a BHO lab, they can find themselves the next victims in a BHO explosion
Police checked the school building and grounds after the threat was received at 9:30 a.m. and did not find evidence of danger
The discovery of two powerful pipe bombs indicates the fugitive is stressed out and making mistakes
The bombs were not deployed, but they were fully functional and had both trip wires and fuses
San Jose police say what is believed to be the Bay Area’s first police drone will only be used for bomb cases
Gun was used to kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology police Officer Sean Collier while the Tsarnaevs were being sought
29-year-old capital murder suspect had been spraying bullets toward officers who were outside the house in the town of La Joya
A federal jury on Monday found Azamat Tazhayakov guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy
FBI agents and police in Tremonton arrested John Huggins on Thursday on a charge of possessing an unregistered destructive device
The use of robotics in police work requires an integration of policy, infrastructure and common sense
Danny Wire, 59, entered guilty pleas to three felony counts of making bomb threats
The 65-pound robots can investigate and move suspicious packages up to 30 pounds using 6-foot extendable arms
Man said in the Facebook post that he would destroy the Tippecanoe County courthouse “in a blaze of glory”
Incident began when State Patrol received multiple 911 calls about a tan pickup stopped in the center lanes of the bridge
Federal grand jury has indicted a Calif. social media expert who was the subject of an FBI manhunt on bomb and gun charges
The mother of an 11-year-old Connecticut boy has been arrested after police say her son brought a grenade to school
Search of a social media expert’s apartment turned up ball bearings, screws and components needed to make a homemade bomb designed to kill or maim
A San Francisco social media maven and former political consultant who was wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives has been taken into custody after a three-day manhunt
Dias Kadyrbayev texted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shortly after the FBI publicly released photos of Tsarnaev and his brother as suspects in the deadly 2013 attack
Investigators still trying to put together answers behind the horrific shooting of a veteran cop and a massive inferno that engulfed a duplex in an incident that spiraled out of control