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1501 - 1525 of 2013

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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Post-9/11 Lung Problems Affect Police

March 5 2004 - Top News

A recent study found that respiratory symptoms developed in more than 75 percent of law enforcement officers who responded to the attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001.

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Marchers Rally for Louisville Police

February 27 2004 - Top News

A crowd of more than 500 people marched in Louisville, Kentucky, to show support for their local police force in the wake of the much-publicized death of a black male shot by Louisville Metro Police.

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Senate to Vote on Cop Concealed Carry Bill

February 27 2004 - Top News

A bill dubbed “National Concealed Carry for Cops” is scheduled to go to a vote in the Senate on March 2.

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Federal Guidelines for Computer Security Drafted

February 27 2004 - Top News

A publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology details controls that will become mandatory for most federal computer information systems in 2005.

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ILEETA Holds First Training Conference

February 27 2004 - Top News

The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) will assemble law enforcement training professionals in Chicago, April 13-17, to present multiple tracks of law enforcement training, most centering on instructors’ use-of-force training issues.

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Two Detroit Cops Killed, Man Charged

February 20 2004 - Top News

A man has been charged with shooting two Detroit police officers to death after a seemingly routine traffic stop.

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Insurance Fraud Conviction on the Rise

February 20 2004 - Top News

More and more people are trying to cash in by claiming injuries after staging a car crash. State insurance fraud bureaus are dealing with an increase of about 31 percent in criminal fraud conviction in 2002, according to a study by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.

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Sheriff’s Office Tests Segways for Community Policing

February 20 2004 - Top News

The Osceola (Fla.) County Sheriff’s Office will use the Segway Human Transporter (HT) electric scooter on a six-month trial basis for community policing.

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Non-Students Suffer More Violence Than College Students

February 13 2004 - Top News

A new study indicates that college students were victimized by violent crime at a lower rate than non-students of the same age between 1995 and 2000.

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Anti-Drug Pamphlets Use Pictures

February 13 2004 - Top News

A new series of booklets communicates the dangers of drug abuse to a low-literacy audience.

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