News

The Monterey County Herald on MSN1h
Bomb squad responds to report of suspicious item
At 11:15 a.m., the bomb squad confirmed that the bag contained a DVD player and posed no threat. Roadways were reopened after ...
There are eight bomb techs on the squad at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, and only about 60 bomb techs in the state. This team in particular, while small, covers a lot of ground, and ...
In July 2016, the Dallas Police Department's bomb squad used one to transport C4 that was detonated to end an hours-long standoff and kill the man who had earlier gunned down five officers in a ...
This is one of the busiest times of year for the NYPD Bomb Squad. CBS2 rode along with the unit and has an exclusive look on how it is keeping New Yorkers safe during the holiday season.
Fort Lauderdale Police Bomb Squad performed live demonstrations using a paint can, a cantaloupe and a watermelon and explosives similar to an M-80 to simulate the potential damage fireworks can cause.
Immediately after the attacks, the Bomb Squad was besieged by calls about suspicious packages. Today the calls are fewer, and the unit responds to 200 to 300 suspicious packages a year.
The bomb squad counts on federal grants to purchase big-ticket items, such as the Total Containment Vessel it tows behind the truck. The giant steel ball is designed to safely contain, transport ...
Two explosions. Hundreds of injuries. A sea of backpacks to be searched by hand. The worst day in the life of the Boston Bomb Squad. On the morning of April 15, 2013, Chris Connolly, a sergeant ...
A member of the Orlando Fire Department’s arson/bomb squad demonstrates their new bomb robot at Orlando Fire Station One in downtown Orlando on Oct. 16, 2018.
Cars, buildings and an LAPD bomb squad truck, seen here before the blast, were damaged in an explosion during an illegal fireworks bust in a South LA neighborhood Wednesday June 30, 2021.
Some of the bomb squad members also appeared to not know what the actual rated explosive capacity was for the vessel they had been using since 2008, according to a summary of interviews they did ...
The bomb squad is comprised of specially trained officers. The officers are assigned elsewhere in the department with other day-to-day duties, but are on-call to respond to calls for potential ...