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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2010

FBI Extradites Colombian Cartel Leader For Trial

The State Department advisory alleges that Salomon Camacho and a partner were responsible for sending many tons of cocaine to the U.S., including as much as 9 metric tons between 1999 and 2000.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 9, 2010

Texas Agency Deploys Leica 3-D Laser Scanner for Crime Scene Investigation

Citing its ability to enhance criminal prosecutions while reducing investigation time, Bexar County Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz introduced his agency's new Leica Geosystems ScanStation C10.

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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeFebruary 5, 2010

The "Emergency Aid Doctrine"

Officers can enter when it reasonably appears someone inside may need emergency aid, regardless of the officers' actual, subjective motivations for going inside.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2010

Crime In California City's Park Is 'Nonexistent' With Video Surveillance

Using a four-camera wireless video surveillance system, the Hawthorne Police Department has made crime "virtually nonexistent" in a 6.2-acre city park.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2010

Helinet Technologies Brings Aerial Surveillance Video to Mobile Devices

Breakthrough capability from Helinet Technologies allows ground personnel to view encrypted, real-time aerial video feeds on their BlackBerry and Windows Mobile Smartphones.

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Articlesby Scott GoldfineFebruary 1, 2010

Super Surveillance

In preparation for Super Bowl XLIV, the Miami-Dade Police Department coordinated with the FBI, Sony Electronics, a local security integrator and other emergency managers to install video surveillance that provides full coverage, smooth video handling and crowd control.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleFebruary 1, 2010

Crime Scenes: To Preserve and Protect

Preserving a crime scene sometimes means wrestling a grieving man to the ground so he can't disturb the DNA evidence on his murdered wife.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2010

Investigation of Vermont Academy Trainer Continues

A probe into the suicide of a Vermont Police Academy trainer could take weeks, as investigators seek to learn the details of why Dave McMullen shot and killed himself after being suspected of possessing child pornography.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2010

Detroit Teen Gets 53 Years For Carjacking Officer

David Laston was convicted last month of shooting officer Thomas Rettig outside a southwest Detroit auto parts store.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2010

Memphis Recruit Made Sex Tape With Minor

Gregory Marshall, 26, has been charged, following an investigation that began Monday when a supervisor at the academy got a complaint about Marshall's X-rated activities.

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