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KidSave.com Launches New Emergency Notification Network

April 30 2004 - Top News

Law enforcement personnel can now register online to receive information on missing children via email with the KidSave.com Emergency Notification Network.

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Man Lists Robbery on To-Do List

April 23 2004 - Top News

John Sarver, 47, pleaded guilty to six counts of bank robbery after police searching his home found a list reminding him to rob a bank.

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Teen Robbers Greater Threat Than Adults

April 23 2004 - Top News

Robbers between the ages of 13 and 18 can be more dangerous than adults because they tend to have fewer reservations about committing violent types of robberies and are often undeterred by cameras or unarmed guards, according to a recent research study.

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Calif. Bill Would Limit High-Speed Police Chases

April 22 2004 - Top News

If a proposed bill passes, law enforcement officers across the state of California could be held accountable for deaths or injuries resulting from car chases if the reason for the chase does not pose “certain, immediate and impending” danger to the public.

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Columbine School Shooting Remembered

April 22 2004 - Top News

The Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff’s office is still under investigation for the way it handled complaints about the two teenagers who killed 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., before committing suicide. Many still believe that the Sheriff’s Office should have been able to predict and prevent the killings.

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Police Officer Wins Donut-Eating Contest

April 16 2004 - Top News

A Wisconsin patrolman claimed victory over fellow law enforcement officers after eating 9 ½ donuts in the Dunkin’ Donuts World Cop Donut Eating Championship at the ILEETA Conference outside Chicago.

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Carolina Cameras Identify Speeders

April 16 2004 - Top News

The City Council of Charlotte, North Carolina, has voted to allow police to use 14 radar cameras at the city’s busiest intersections to record drivers’ speeds and issue citations if drivers exceed the speed limit.

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Air Marshals Monitor Behavior to Pinpoint Terrorists

April 16 2004 - Top News

A pilot program at Logan International Airport in Boston uses “behavior pattern recognition” to single out people exhibiting unusual behavior that might be planning an act of terrorism.

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Gang Graffiti, Crime Increase in Salt Lake City

April 9 2004 - Top News

Salt Lake City’s valleywide metro gang unit reports a marked increase in graffiti cases, along with an increase in gang crimes.

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U.S. Considers Creating New British-Style Agency

April 9 2004 - Top News

Speculation has circulated that the FBI’s inability to predict and prevent the 9/11 terrorist attack from happening would lead to the development of a new government agency better able to share and analyze information, modeled after the United Kingdom’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5.

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Women Working in Corrections Conference Announced

April 9 2004 - Top News

The tenth national “Women Working in Corrections and Juvenile Justice Conference” will take place in Baltimore Oct. 31-Nov. 3.

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Calif. Bay Area PD to Mandate Carrying Tasers

April 2 2004 - Top News

The San Jose (Calif.) Police Department is expected to receive a shipment of 629 Tasers on Monday, enough to equip all officers on the force.

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Mock Prison Riot Showcases Corrections Technologies

April 2 2004 - Top News

The eighth annual OLETC Mock Prison Riot is designed to showcase new and emerging corrections, law enforcement, and public safety technologies by allowing teams of officers to experience them firsthand in various scenarios.

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Liquid to Aid in Arson Investigations

April 2 2004 - Top News

A new liquid could help arson investigators distinguish residue of fuels used to set fires from insecticide residue and other similar substances.

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Award Recognizes Observant Officers

March 26 2004 - Top News

The seventh annual Looking Beyond the License Plate award program recognizes law enforcement officers whose observation of a license plate led to the arrest of a suspect or to a crime being solved. The entry deadline is June 1, 2004.

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Vacationing Family Sees Home Intruder on Web Cam

March 26 2004 - Top News

A man in Bothell, Wash., had a feeling someone had been entering his family’s home while they were out of town. So he set up a Web cam and caught someone on camera.

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Company Provides PC with Purchase of Software

March 26 2004 - Top News

A $20 million program to provide small law enforcement agencies with free PCs is underway through Colorado software developer IRP Solutions Corp.

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TREXPO West Tactical Show Opens Monday

March 19 2004 - Top News

TREXPO, the nation’s premiere trade show and conference, will return to the Long Beach (Calif.) Convention Center next week, March 22–24, with an exciting schedule of presentations, seminars, and training classes.

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Man Calls 911 After Apparent Botched Theft

March 19 2004 - Top News

A man was arrested for burglary on Washington state’s Whidbey Island after telephoning police himself.

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Arizona Senate Approves 80mph Speed Limit

March 19 2004 - Top News

Although laws have not yet been enacted, Arizona state senators’ recent votes could allow for 80-mph speeds on stretches of rural highway and prevent police officers from stopping motorists for not wearing seat belts.

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Two Sentenced in Beltway Sniper Case

March 12 2004 - Top News

John Allen Muhammad, 43, was sentenced to death and Lee Boyd Malvo, 19, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for their roles in the Washington D.C.-area sniper spree that killed 10 people in 2002.

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Woman Attempts to Use $1 Million Bill

March 12 2004 - Top News

A woman in Covington, Georgia, tried to use a fake $1 million bill to purchase items at Wal-Mart.

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Company Puts Sex Offender Registry Online

March 12 2004 - Top News

The public can now search an online sex offender registry for free through the company APSCREEN.

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U.S. Changes Policy For Crossing Mexican Border

March 5 2004 - Top News

The Bush administration has changed its plans to require many Mexican nationals crossing the border from Mexico into the United States for short trips to be fingerprinted and photographed.

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Realistic Blank Guns Available to Public

March 5 2004 - Top News

More people are wielding a wide variety of replica pistols and machine guns, causing more police officers to wonder if each gun-toting suspect they encounter is holding a toy or a deadly weapon.

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