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April 1 2005 - Top News
As the investigation continues into the reasons behind 16-year-old Jeff Weise’s Mar. 21st shooting spree at his home and school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, grieving family members in the close-knit community are trying to come to terms with the event that left 10 dead.
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April 1 2005 - Top News
Law enforcement officers authorized to use firearms throughout England and Wales now have approval to use Taser International’s Taser X26.
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April 1 2005 - Top News
The arrest of four Iraquis with false passports attempting to enter the United States from Mexico highlighted the concern for border security as law enforcement officials from Mexico and the United States met to discuss the issue in Mexico City.
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March 28 2005 - Top News
The Top Gun Training Centre, located in Devore, Calif., will now offer its Integrative Firearms Training courses in a lifetime membership package.
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March 23 2005 - Top News
All federal government departments and agencies are to begin using smart-card-based identification to enter federal facilities and systems, in accordance with President Bush’s call for a government-wide personal identification standard in August 2004.
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March 23 2005 - Top News
Many police departments that joined a class-action lawsuit claiming Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers are unsafe have dropped out because it was the only way Ford would agree to continue selling them cars.
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March 23 2005 - Top News
A federal law that requires prisoners, parolees, and some people on probation to submit DNA for an FBI database has been ruled constitutional in a Philadelphia appeals court.
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March 18 2005 - Top News
Government officials have arrested 103 people believed to be members of the widespread violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha, often called MS-13 as a part of “Operation Community Shield.”
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March 18 2005 - Top News
Nearly 25 percent of the U.S. Marshals assigned to the federal witness protection program have been cut in the past eight years, despite a growing number of witnesses being added to the program, according to a report from the Justice Department inspector general.
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March 18 2005 - Top News
A new Arizona law allows the state to charge a person with felony human smuggling, formerly only a federal charge. Now Arizona law enforcement officers will be expected to take over some of the duties reserved for federal officers in the past, without any additional funding for local law enforcement.
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March 11 2005 - Top News
A man stole a deputy’s gun while being escorted to his rape trial and shot her in the face. He then entered the courtroom and shot dead the judge and court reporter before killing a deputy who confronted him and then carjacking a reporter’s car to flee the scene. He is still at large.
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March 11 2005 - Top News
Twelve percent of parents have never talked to their kids about the risks of drug use, up from six percent six years ago, according to a new survey conducted by the Partnership for a Drug Free America. This trend has many concerned, especially because more parents have been found to underestimate their children’s risk for drug abuse.
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March 11 2005 - Top News
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) recently released a Law Enforcement Leadership Summit Report, which includes six recommendations for lowering the number of alcohol-related traffic deaths.
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March 4 2005 - Top News
In response to complaints from Chief Julian Fantino of the Toronto Police Department in Canada, the host of the local radio show “Bad Cop, No Donut!” will change his offensive e-mail address, but the show will continue to air anti-law enforcement sentiments.
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March 4 2005 - Top News
The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that executing those who were under 18 when they committed murder is cruel and unusual punishment, making it unconstitutional.
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March 4 2005 - Top News
A man could face up to 25 years in prison for criminal possession of a controlled substance after coughing up a plastic baggy containing 11 packets of cocaine.
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February 24 2005 - Top News
Despite new technologies introduced to help police the border, Border Patrol agents catch only about one-third of the estimated 3 million people who illegally cross the border between Mexico and the United States each year.
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February 24 2005 - Top News
The Supreme Court has ruled that state prisons cannot segregate inmates even temporarily except in very rare cases.
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February 24 2005 - Top News
Police and prosecutors oppose a proposed bill in Montana that would allow someone arrested for driving under the influence to call an attorney before taking a blood alcohol test.
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February 17 2005 - Top News
Following the senate’s confirmation of Michael Chertoff as the new secretary of Homeland Security, Bush has nominated John Negroponte, currently U.S. ambassador to Iraq, to become the first director of national intelligence.
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February 17 2005 - Top News
Lawmakers in Virginia have given up on trying to pass a bill that would have authorized a $50 fine for wearing pants so low that underwear is visible “in a lewd or indecent manner.”
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February 17 2005 - Top News
In an effort to keep foreign terrorists from acquiring United States drivers licenses, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make states verify that applicants are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants.
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February 10 2005 - Top News
President Bush’s budget proposes decreasing the federal grant monies available to local law enforcement agencies from $600 million to $60 million.
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February 10 2005 - Top News
Officers interrupted a toddler’s birthday party to arrest a pregnant woman on accusations of selling marijuana.
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February 10 2005 - Top News
Federal agencies and other organizations considering switching their telephone systems to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) should take precautions to help minimize security risks, says a recent report.
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