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Patrol
Seattle Chief Tapped for Drug Czar Post
If confirmed as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy by the U.S. Senate, the 59-year-old Gil Kerlikowske is likely to bring a more intellectual, policy-oriented and scientific approach to the national drug debate than his predecessor.
March 12, 2009
Special Units
Kerlikowske Approved as Drug Czar
After years of overseeing drug-enforcement policies in the Seattle Police Department, former Chief Gil Kerlikowske now will take what he learned to a national stage. On Thursday, Kerlikowske, as expected, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a position commonly known as drug czar.
May 6, 2009
Weapons
Canada Proposes More Lax Pot Policy
A federal government proposal to lower restrictions on marijuana possession has the United States, as well as police chiefs in Alberta, Canada, up in arms.
May 22, 2003
Patrol
Report: More Californians Driving Drugged Than Drunk
A survey of drivers by the California Office of Traffic Safety found that 14% tested positive for impairing drugs (both illegal and prescription), while 7.3% tested positive for alcohol. Of the drugs, marijuana was the most prevalent at 7.4% of drivers.
November 19, 2012
Patrol
Seattle Confirms John Diaz As Chief
Diaz took over the department, despite initial objections from African-American community leaders who had objected to his support for Officer Ian Walsh, who was captured on video punching a jaywalking teen.
August 9, 2010
Patrol
DEA's Prescription Drug 'Take Back' Nets 240,000+ Pounds
In Troy, Mo., a man brought his kitchen drawer full of medication to the collection site to empty. At another site in Jacksonville, Ill., a woman brought in nearly 50 years' worth of medicines for disposal.
October 5, 2010
Patrol
$19 Million in Drug Prevention Grants Available to 150 American Communities
Today, the White House ONDCP, and SAMHSA announced the availability of new, Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program funds totaling $19 million. The deadline to submit DFC grantee applications is Friday, March 21, 2008.
January 27, 2008
Technology
Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs
The 'NPS Data Hub' will help forensic chemists identify new types of fentanyl and other narcotics more quickly.
July 13, 2018
Patrol
AG Holder Leads Prisoner Reentry Council
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today convened the inaugural meeting of the Cabinet-level "Reentry Council" in D.C. to identify and advance effective public safety and prisoner reentry strategies.
January 4, 2011
Special Units
National Latino Officers Host Training on Patron Drug Saints
Robert Almonte, a U.S. Marshal in western Texas, is leading the event, which will cover how drug and human smugglers pervert Catholic saints and icons in their trade. The course seeks to educate officers about the images, icons, statues and other items seized during these investigations.
March 10, 2011
Patrol
Oakland Police Alter Crowd-Control Policy
The Oakland Police Department will implement "major reforms" in crowd-control tactics, as a result of Occupy protests that resulted in injuries and widespread use of tear gas last fall triggered hundreds of abuse complaints.
April 24, 2012
Patrol
DEA's 'Take Back' Initiative Collects Prescription Meds
Many Americans are not aware that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse are increasing at alarming rates, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs, according to the DEA.
September 23, 2010
Patrol
Crowd Control Policy and the 'Occupy' Movement
Guess who the elected officials (or campus officials) send in to take down the tent cities and "evict" the protestors. (Do you have a mirror handy?)
December 5, 2011
Patrol
Leading LE Organizations Release National Consensus Policy on Use of Force
A press release put out by 11 law enforcement organizations announces that the groups have worked together to create a National Consensus Policy on Use of Force.
January 17, 2017
Special Units
Drug Dealing Gangs Exploiting Milwaukee Police Chase Policy
An innovative, violent gang of drug dealers is exploiting the Milwaukee Police Department's own policy on vehicle pursuits and other rules as they feed an incessant hunger for heroin across southeastern Wisconsin and contribute to a surging number of murders in the city.
July 21, 2015
Technology
Homeland Security Secretary Urges Immigration Policy Changes to Safeguard National Security
Michael Chertoff, homeland security secretary, proposes fighting terrorism by streamlining his department and tightening border security while allowing more legal immigrants to enter the country through a guest worker program.
July 13, 2005
Special Units
Youth Gangs: A National Problem Evading Easy Solutions
How to deal with the scourge? Experts say first acknowledge the existence of gangs in your community, then recognize that police enforcement efforts are but one part of the answer.
May 31, 2000
Special Units
Mexican Drug Gangs Take Over National Parks and Forests
Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.
March 1, 2010
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