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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 16, 2011

How Video Analysis Helped the Vancouver Riot Prosecutors

The Vancouver Police Department and surrounding agencies anaylized hundreds of hours of video footage in the prosecution of hockey hooligans.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2011

Sheriff Arpaio Loses Federal Immigration Enforcement Powers

The Obama Administration's Department of Homeland Security stripped Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio of several federal tools for immigration enforcement, following a scathing Justice Department report accusing him of discriminatory policing.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2011

Calif. Launches eCrime Enforcement Unit

California has created a task force to identify and prosecute identity theft, cyber crimes and other crimes involving the use of technology. The eCrime Unit will be staffed with Department of Justice attorneys and investigators.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2011

Investigation Continues In Kansas Officer's Death

An investigation continued Wednesday into why an Atchison, Kan., man fatally shot an officer and then himself.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2011

Texas Officer's Research Leads to Honors for Oregon Deputy Killed in 1880s by Lynch Mob

Seventeen years after retiring from the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in Texas, Terry Baker handles cases colder than any he saw during his 39-year career.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2011

Gunman's Motive Still Unknown in Va. Tech Cop Killing

The Virginia Tech police officer who was shot dead at his parked cruiser was a trained firearms and defense instructor with a specialty in crisis intervention.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2011

Seattle PD Disciplined Wrong Cop in Jaywalker Punching Incident

The Seattle Police Department mistakenly disciplined the wrong officer in a case involving two cops who assaulted a jaywalker in the Rainier Valley, a department official said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2011

Cigarette Butt DNA Helps Close 30-Year-Old Maine Murder Case

Mercier, of Industry, Maine, was charged with murder on Sept. 28 in the July 5, 1980, death of Rita St. Peter and pleaded not guilty.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2011

Sources Say Sheriff Arpaio Botched Sex Crime Cases

More than 400 sex-crime cases reported to Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three year period were inadequately investigated.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 2, 2011

'America's Most Wanted' Returns To Lifetime

John Walsh's "America's Most Wanted" returns tonight on Lifetime as "basically the same show" that aired on Fox for 23 years before that network canceled it in the spring.

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