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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2011

BART Officers Lack Crisis Training, Chief Says

The chief of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police department told state legislators this week that only a fraction of his officers have been trained in crisis intervention methods that would help them deal with people who are mentally ill.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2011

Feds Fund Hiring of 1,000 Local Officers

The DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) office awarded the grants to 238 law enforcement agencies and municipalities. The awards will create or help preserve 1,021 sworn law enforcement positions.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2011

Ill. Judge To ACLU: Overturning Wiretapping Law Helps Gangs

A senior Illinois appellate judge has said if the state's wiretapping law is overturned, gang bangers "will rejoice." The judge said overturning the law would help gangs monitoring each other, including allowing them to secretly record police informants.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2011

Indiana Begins Hiring Process for Troopers

Eligible candidates must be a U.S. citizen, be between the ages of 21 and 40 when appointed a police employee, have vision correctable to 20/50, possess a driver's license, and have a high-school diploma or GED.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

Budget Cuts Force N.C. Highway Patrol to Suspend Academy

The North Carolina Highway Patrol has suspended its training academy as budget cuts force a hiring freeze.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

FBI Says Violent Crime Dropped 6 Percent in 2010

The FBI reports that violent crime dropped 6 percent in 2010, marking the fourth straight year of declines. And property crime also was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent, according to the Associated Press.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2011

San Diego Government Pension Initiative Faces Petition Hurdle

There has likely never been a more aggressive and contested petition drive in San Diego history than the one under way to put an initiative before voters that would end guaranteed pensions for most new city hires and give them 401(k)s instead.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2011

State, IA Clear Fla. Chief who Voided Cop's Jaywalking Ticket

An internal affairs investigation has cleared West Palm Beach, Fla., Police Chief Delsa Bush who had voided a jaywalking ticket one of her officers issued to a city employee.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2011

Calif. Violent Crime Falls To Lowest In 40 Years

The California Department of Justice's "Crime in California" shows that violent crime has fallen for the fourth year in a row. Overall, the violent crime rate decreased 6.9 percent, reaching its lowest level since 1968, and homicide and forcible rape rates are the lowest since 1966.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2011

9/11 Threat Posted on White House Facebook Page

One of the messages included a picture of Osama bin Laden and said, "We'll come back 11/9/2011 to kill u all."

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