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Many Agencies Drop Suits Against Ford

Many police departments that joined a class-action lawsuit claiming Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers are unsafe have dropped out because it was the only way Ford would agree to continue selling them cars.

March 22, 2005

Internet Phones Potential Security Risk

Federal agencies and other organizations considering switching their telephone systems to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) should take precautions to help minimize security risks, says a recent report.

February 9, 2005

California to Overhaul Youth Prison System

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration has promised to back a new system that would seek to remediate the golden state’s juvenile offenders with therapy and positive reinforcement instead of simply using punishment.

February 2, 2005

Calif. PD Increases Firepower After Gang Threats

The police chief of Ceres, Calif., has instructed his officers to carry assault rifles to all calls in response to what he says is a gang threat against his entire police force.

January 26, 2005

Man Masquerading as Cop Pulls Over Real Officer

An Ohio man is facing five charges after being caught by a real cop for impersonating a police officer.

January 19, 2005

ACLU Objects to Request for DNA of All City’s Males

Civil rights advocates disagree with what one group is calling a “DNA dragnet” to find the man who raped and murdered a woman three years ago in a small seaside community in Cape Cod.

January 19, 2005

Police Arrest Murder Suspect After Mistakenly Releasing Him

A paperwork error let Watson J. Ward, 22, walk out of a Detroit police station the same day he was scheduled to be arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and assault with intent to murder.

January 12, 2005

Hostages Released From Peruvian Police Station Barricade

About 125 members of an armed nationalist group overtook a police station in the remote town of Andahuaylas, Peru. But after a four-day standoff, they surrendered and released their 17 hostages, which included police officers and soldiers.

January 5, 2005

France to Punish Police for Losing “Bomb” During Exercise

Police officers in France will be disciplined for planting plastic explosives in an airline passenger’s luggage as part of a K-9 bomb-sniffing exercise and then losing track of the bag.

December 13, 2004

Citizens Donate to Save K-9’s Eyesight

Newspaper readers sent money to a cash-strapped Minnesota police agency that couldn’t pay for a $2,500 operation to restore the sight of one of its police dogs.

November 22, 2004

Man Wants to Change Law For Interrogating Children

A father whose 13-year-old son was charged with sexual assault after a more than two-hour interrogation says the law is wrong to allow police officers to do so without first calling a child’s parents.

November 17, 2004

Bill Gives Cops More DNA Database Access

President Bush has signed into law a bill to give local police across the country increased access to federal DNA databases. The law epands the national DNA database by allowing states to add samples to it as well as compare their samples with the national database.

November 3, 2004

Police Group Sends Donations to Snipers Overseas

Originally begun by a group of SWAT snipers in the United States, Adopt a Sniper now runs a comprehensive donation program that sends much needed gear to military snipers on the front lines.

October 28, 2004

Research Helps Cops Gather Evidence From PDAs

Recent testing of the PDA forensics tools available could help law enforcement better use them by understanding the software’s capabilities and limitations.

October 27, 2004

Accidental 911 Call Results in Suspect’s Arrest

A Bay County, Fla., sheriff’s deputy stumbled on a meth lab when he arrived at a residence to investigate a disconnected 911 call, which the woman living there had inadvertently made while attempting to dial another number. The woman was arrested on drug charges.

October 27, 2004

Fictional Characters Sign Voter Registration Forms

A man has been arrested on a felony charge for submitting fake voter registration cards in Ohio. He is accused of using names such as Mary Poppins and Dick Tracy to fill out more than 100 such forms, all of which had similar-looking signatures.

October 20, 2004

New York Police Fight Truancy

Police officers in Albany, New York, are now on the lookout for children skipping school as part of a citywide crackdown on students playing hooky.

October 6, 2004

UK Allows Some Police to Carry Tasers

Although most police in the United Kingdom are not allowed to carry guns, some will now be carrying Taser stun guns.

September 22, 2004

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