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Articlesby Ronnie GarrettMay 16, 2011

Fortifying Police Stations

Police administrations can implement a variety of technologies to beef-up police facility security. While cameras are often top of mind in every police facility—even the old and outdated ones—many other technologies exist to monitor and secure these buildings.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2011

San Diego Mayor Blames 'Absolute Jerks' for Tarnishing PD

Jerry Sanders, San Diego's mayor and former police chief, is backing current Chief William Lansdowne's efforts to address a spate of officer misconduct cases.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 12, 2011

Fla. City Installs Genetec Security Center to Protect Police HQ

Sanford, Fla., has installed Genetec's unified security platform, the Security Center, for both access control and video surveillance in their new public safety complex.

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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeMay 11, 2011

'Functional Equivalent' of Miranda Questions

"Interrogation" has been defined by the Supreme Court to include both direct questioning and its "functional equivalent." What does this term mean? Three Supreme Court cases and numerous decisions from the federal appeals court have considered this question.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 6, 2011

Alabama Joins Federal Fingerprint Database

The Alabama Department of Public Safety began participating in the Secure Communities system maintained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 6, 2011

'SlutWalks' Fight Stigma Against Sexual Assaults

A group of advocates for rape victims has taken to the streets to try to take the stigma off women who've been sexually assaulted. A series of protests known as "SlutWalks" have spread across the world to bring attention to "slut shaming" — or blaming the victims for being raped.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 4, 2011

Mass. Deputy Accepted 28 Grams of Cocaine In Coffee Cup

A Middlesex County (Mass.) Sheriff's deputy acknowledged he "did a stupid thing," when he accepted 28 grams of cocaine and $500 in cash from an undercover state trooper at a Starbucks Coffee in Woburn.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2011

Tennessee Captain Succumbs to Injuries from DV Call

An eastern Tennessee police captain succumbed Monday to injuries he had sustained, while responding to a domestic disturbance call late last month.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 3, 2011

Secret Agent: Sur-Tec's VP Covert App

Sur-Tec's VP Covert Audio and GPS software suite is a patented surreptitious listening tool for law enforcement that allows an undercover officer or CI to stream live audio and GPS to one or more computers. The mobile application element of the software runs in the background on the user's smartphone.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2011

Hackers Stole IDs of 2,000 Retired California Officers

In a Sunday evening e-mail, PORAC informed its members that its data server was breached earlier this month. The hackers stole application files of retired associate members going back to 2008.

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