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Course Gives Teens a Taste of Law Enforcement Careers

December 11 2002 - Top News

A 10-week program in Los Angeles' Valley introduces high school students to fire and police careers with hands-on learning.

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Free CD-ROM Offers 14 Training Programs

December 11 2002 - Top News

SAVANT has launched a new free CD-ROM containing 14 computer-based training programs on separation sciences, all of which can be installed directly from the CD.

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Airports Seize 15,982 Knives Over Holiday Weekend

December 4 2002 - Top News

Almost 16,000 pocket knives, 98 boxcutters, six guns, and a brick were seized at airports during the recent Thanksgiving weekend.

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Man Tries to Steal Plate Off Police Car

December 4 2002 - Top News

DC resident Fernando Arraya was arrested not just for trying to steal license plates, but for attempting to steal the license plates off a police car with the officer sitting inside it.

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David Veness to Speak at International Security Exhibition

December 4 2002 - Top News

David Veness CBE, Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations for the Metropolitan Police in London, will present the Inaugural Address at the INTERSEC Security Exhibition (ISE) on February 18, 2003.

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Indiana Community Gets First Police Chief in 30 Years

December 4 2002 - Top News

Woodburn, a small northeast Indiana city, recently celebrated the inauguration of its first police chief since the early ‘70s.

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Telephone Alert System Helps Cops Locate Missing Children

December 4 2002 - Top News

A new emergency notification system will help law enforcement agencies spread information about missing children via phone or Web.

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Officer Shot and Killed

November 20 2002 - Top News

A Red Bluff, Calif., police officer was shot and killed execution-style at a gas station in the rural town while he filled his patrol car.

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FBI Supports Firearms Operations Relocation

November 20 2002 - Top News

To quell the debate over whether the ATF and the FBI can work together, Director of the FBI Robert S. Mueller III announced that he supports a relocation of firearms operations into the Justice Department, alongside the FBI.

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Tactical Suit Trade-in

November 20 2002 - Top News

FIST Inc. is offering people an opportunity to upgrade their tactical training suits, by allowing a $200 trade-in value on any tactical suit against the purchase of their #133 FIST police training suit.

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NYC Cops Fight World Terror

November 20 2002 - Top News

Next year, New York City's finest will work overseas to help foreign law enforcement agencies fight terror on a worldwide scale.

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Where to Shoot?

November 20 2002 - Top News

The web site www.wheretoshoot.org, created by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, allows you to log on and search for various types of shooting ranges in your area and across the continent.

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Auto Thieves Caught Red-handed

November 20 2002 - Top News

An increasing number of auto thieves in the San Diego, Calif., area are finding themselves caught in the act, thanks to wired bait cars parked throughout the city by the San Diego police.

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Guides Help Counter Cyber Attacks

November 13 2002 - Top News

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published four new computer security guides to countering cyber attacks.

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U.S. Surgeon General Supports Officer Safety Groups

November 13 2002 - Top News

Calling police officer safety the priority, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona said that programs like "Safe Today, Alive Tomorrow" that help prevent accidental deaths of police officers hold promise to prevent job-related tragedies.

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Frangible Ammo May Pose Threat to Body Armor

November 13 2002 - Top News

A limited series of tests evaluating the performance of frangible ammunition against body armor suggests the bullets pose a potential safety threat to personal body armor wearers.

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PepperBall Technologies to Offer ChemArmor Pepper Spray

November 13 2002 - Top News

PepperBall Technologies has acquired defensive pepper spray manufacturer ChemArmor, expanding its less-than-lethal product line.

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Police Sue Newspaper Over Racial Profiling Allegations

November 13 2002 - Top News

In response to a series of newspaper articles alleging racial profiling, the Toronto Police Association, plans to sue the Toronto Star for about $2 billion.

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Boston Duck Tours Offers Free Rides

November 6 2002 - Top News

To honor veterans of war and show appreciation for current police officers and firefighters, Boston Duck Tours will offer free tours of historic Boston from November 11 through November 15, the week of Veterans Day.

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Officers Prove Fitness for Bonus

November 6 2002 - Top News

The Chicago Police Department is offering a $250 bonus to each officer who passes a physical fitness test. City officials and the Department hope the experiment will spur officers to get in shape and help reduce future health care costs.

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Police Arrest Cop Impersonators

November 6 2002 - Top News

Law enforcement officers in the Dona Ana County area of New Mexico near the Texas border arrested four men who impersonated federal officers and pulled over pedestrians for speeding and identification checks.

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Reported Crimes Rose in 2001, Says FBI

November 1 2002 - Top News

Reports of all types of crimes, including murder and rape, increased last year for the first time in more than ten years, according to an annual FBI report.

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Aether Provides Access to NY Counter Terrorism Network

November 1 2002 - Top News

The Garden City (NY) Police Department is using Aether Systems' PacketCluster Patrol to wirelessly access real-time information from the newly created New York state database known as the Counter Terrorism Network (CTN).

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Emergency Call-Takers Hired Using Criticall

October 31 2002 - Top News

The Spotsylvania County Communication Center in Virginia needed to hire four emergency call-takers immediately to handle the volume of calls while handling the DC sniper case. Criticall 3.0 helped them hire the right employees for the job.

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Missouri Banks Attempt Unmasking Robbers

October 25 2002 - Top News

Twenty-six banks and credit unions with 141 locations in the Ozarks have already begun posting polite signs asking visitors to remove hats, sunglasses, and anything that might hide their faces as they enter.

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