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Internet Phones Potential Security Risk

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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EPIC to Hold Annual Forensic Photography Classes

February 10 2005 - Top News

The Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC) will hold its 2005 classes on evidence photography and imaging in Atlanta in November.

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California to Overhaul Youth Prison System

February 3 2005 - Top News

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration has promised to back a new system that would seek to remediate the golden state’s juvenile offenders with therapy and positive reinforcement instead of simply using punishment.

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Group Identifies Best Data Archiving Techniques

February 3 2005 - Top News

With agencies storing so much important information on CDs and DVDs, it’s important that the data remain as protected as possible in the years to come. A recent research project has found the best disks and methods to use to accomplish this goal.

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Safety Group Wants Children to Sit in Back Seat

February 3 2005 - Top News

At the top of the National Transportation Safety Board’s child passenger safety recommendations is having all passengers 12 and under ride in the back seat in properly fitted belts.

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Woman Sells Fake “Duff” Beer

February 3 2005 - Top News

A Brisbane, Australia, woman pleaded guilty to selling three cases of Duff brand beer on eBay. The problem was the beer didn’t exist.

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New Border Crossing Technology to be Tested

January 27 2005 - Top News

The same radio microchip technology by which many cars automatically pay highway tolls as they speed by could soon accelerate the process of checking motorists at U.S. borders crossings.

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Man Accused of Robbery Asks Victim for a Date

January 27 2005 - Top News

Police say a man involved in robbing a Domino’s Pizza delivery woman later called the victim on his cell phone, apologizing for the crime and asking her out on a date.

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Calif. PD Increases Firepower After Gang Threats

January 27 2005 - Top News

The police chief of Ceres, Calif., has instructed his officers to carry assault rifles to all calls in response to what he says is a gang threat against his entire police force.

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Traditional Identify Theft More Common Than Online Fraud

January 27 2005 - Top News

Although many consumers worry about their private information being stolen online, a new study found that most identity theft doesn’t happen via the Internet, but through more traditional means.

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Md. Handgun ID System No Help, Says Report

January 20 2005 - Top News

A law requiring ballistics information from each handgun sold in Maryland to be collected by state police has not helped solve crimes, according to a state police report.

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ACLU Objects to Request for DNA of All City’s Males

January 20 2005 - Top News

Civil rights advocates disagree with what one group is calling a “DNA dragnet” to find the man who raped and murdered a woman three years ago in a small seaside community in Cape Cod.

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Man Masquerading as Cop Pulls Over Real Officer

January 20 2005 - Top News

An Ohio man is facing five charges after being caught by a real cop for impersonating a police officer.

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CPR Often Done Incorrectly

January 20 2005 - Top News

While civilians and police officers depend on trained medics and medical professionals to be able to take over CPR in a crisis situation, two recent studies found that many doctors, paramedics, and nurses don’t perform the procedure properly.

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Army Considers Changing Reserve Officer Policy

January 13 2005 - Top News

National Guard and Reserve officers in the Army could be asked to serve multiple two-year tours with a policy shift aimed at swelling the ranks stretched thin by troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a senior Army official.

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Bush Chooses Homeland Security Chief Successor

January 13 2005 - Top News

President Bush has chosen Michael Chertoff, who was involved in developing the administration’s legal strategy against the war on terror, to replace Tom Ridge as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

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Man on Death Row Asks For Execution

January 13 2005 - Top News

Michael Ross, convicted of multiple murders, is now volunteering to end all appeals of his death sentence so he can be executed.

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Police Arrest Murder Suspect After Mistakenly Releasing Him

January 13 2005 - Top News

A paperwork error let Watson J. Ward, 22, walk out of a Detroit police station the same day he was scheduled to be arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and assault with intent to murder.

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Gonzales Faces Tough Hearing to Become Top Cop

January 6 2005 - Top News

Alberto Gonzales, President Bush’s new choice for John Ashcroft’s replacement to head the Justice Department, might have a fight ahead of him, based on the opinions of democrats and former military brass who plan to ask some tough questions during his hearing.

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Hostages Released From Peruvian Police Station Barricade

January 6 2005 - Top News

About 125 members of an armed nationalist group overtook a police station in the remote town of Andahuaylas, Peru. But after a four-day standoff, they surrendered and released their 17 hostages, which included police officers and soldiers.

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Sing Sing Prison Museum Proposed

January 6 2005 - Top News

Officials in Westchester County in New York state want to create a museum at Sing Sing prison, which would draw tourists to the place where the Rosenbergs were electrocuted in 1953.

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Georgia Sheriff Ordered to Rehire Employees Dismissed in One-Day Firing Spree

January 6 2005 - Top News

After firing 27 employees on his first day on the job, newly elected Sheriff Victor Hill of the Clayton County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Department has been ordered to rehire them all. But Hill refuses to give in completely.

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2004 Line-of-Duty Death Toll: 154

December 30 2004 - Top News

A total of 154 law enforcement officers died while on the job in 2004, according to statistics compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors from reports until Dec. 24.

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Dallas Police Can Buy Own Semiautos

December 30 2004 - Top News

After a gun battle that had many worried that Texas cops are outgunned, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle has announced that his police officers will be allowed to purchase their own AR-15 semiautomatic rifles for patrol.

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Former Employee Accused of Giving Officers’ Personal Info to Drug Users

December 30 2004 - Top News

A woman who used to work in the city personnel office of Wichita Falls, Texas, has been accused of giving personal information about police officers to drug users as payment for her ex-husband’s drug debts.

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