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February 7 2003 - Top News
A new policy requires verification that a break-in is underway before police respond to burglar alarms. The alarm industry is upset, as are some citizens.
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February 7 2003 - Top News
Officers attending the annual TREXPO West trade show and conference in Long Beach, Calif., this month will have an opportunity to compete against their colleagues and against the clock on a specially designed police obstacle course.
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February 7 2003 - Top News
A retired gas-station owner was arrested at his home in a suburb of Columbia, South Carolina, and charged with murdering two police officers in 1957 in El Segundo, California.
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February 7 2003 - Top News
People have reported receiving unsolicited e-mails requesting donations to alleged charities related to the Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy. These e-mails may contain links to sites collecting credit card information.
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February 6 2003 - Top News
Under Cincinnati law, a hate-crime charge filed against someone could double the penalty if police believe the crime was based on sexual orientation.
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January 29 2003 - Top News
Following the Oakland Raiders' Super Bowl defeat, crowds of people vandalized cars and businesses, despite extra men in blue.
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January 29 2003 - Top News
A federal screening program that tested workers at ground zero for health problems 10 to 11 months after the terrorist attacks found people still showed lung, throat, or mental ailments, according to a study's preliminary findings.
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January 29 2003 - Top News
A Tennessee police department is reacting to an officer's shooting of a family dog by training all officers in handling aggressive animals.
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January 29 2003 - Top News
The Jefferson Parish (La.) Sheriff’s Department has purchased a command and communication vehicle from LDV Inc. The unit was used recently during a critical incident in which a Gretna man held his two young sons hostage.
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January 29 2003 - Top News
The Raleigh (N.C.) Police Department is now using photos on public access television and the Internet to shame johns and prevent men from soliciting prostitutes.
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January 23 2003 - Top News
Revolutionary architect Antoni Gaudi drew plans in 1908 for a rocket-shaped skyscraper intended for the then-future site of the World Trade Center. Now, some are campaigning to include the design in the new plans for rebuilding the site.
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January 23 2003 - Top News
In an effort to slow police officer layoffs in the California Bay Area, State Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson has pledged to pass a bill increasing vehicle licensing fees.
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January 23 2003 - Top News
Memory of crime stories associated with suspects' pictures reflects racial stereotypes,
according to recent research by a Penn State media studies expert.
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January 23 2003 - Top News
"Rave Parties" is a new publication that offers police departments tips on how to deal with the problems of raves.
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January 23 2003 - Top News
Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington has hired a consulting firm to objectively review how the department operates. The reporting practices of Atlanta PD have been questioned for many years.
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January 15 2003 - Top News
Universal Studios Hollywood is offering all U.S. life-saving officials and military personnel free admission with the purchase of one full-priced adult admission ticket from January 1 through April 30, 2003.
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January 15 2003 - Top News
For the first time in a decade, Afghanistan's national police academy is training female officers to serve in the capital, say Interior Ministry officials.
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January 15 2003 - Top News
A Marine sergeant based in North Carolina who served in Afghanistan last year shot and killed a would-be carjacker.
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January 15 2003 - Top News
A Providence, Rhode Island, police officer who accidentally shot his supervisor to death can avoid prison if he stays out of trouble for five years and meets conditions set by the court.
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January 15 2003 - Top News
A policeman was killed and four wounded while raiding a house in connection with the recent recovery of the deadly poison ricin. Three terrorist suspects were arrested as a result of the raid.
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January 8 2003 - Top News
A Fairfax County judge has ordered a man who lied to police about witnessing one of October's DC-area sniper shootings to spend six months in jail, saying he deserved the maximum punishment because he showed "incredible callousness for the public welfare."
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January 8 2003 - Top News
Deaths of law enforcement officers saw a downward trend in 2002. This may be due to better training, equipment, and medical care following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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January 8 2003 - Top News
London's Metropolitan police arrested a seventh suspect after the discovery of the deadly toxin ricin in a London apartment.
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January 8 2003 - Top News
Fifteen states and the federal government executed 66 prisoners in 2001, 19 fewer than in 2000, according to the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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January 8 2003 - Top News
California has lost track of more than 33,000 convicted sex offenders, although a law requires all rapists and child molesters to register each year
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