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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 1, 2002

Search Engines

Conducting a thorough head-to-toe search requires as intrusive a probing as garments will allow.

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Articlesby Al ValdezApril 1, 2002

Club Drugs

The sale of club drugs such as ecstacy and LSD has been adopted as a way to fund the personal lifestyles of businessminded gang members. There is some evidence to support the fact that older, mobile gang members are now involved in the sale of these drugs as well.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2002

DNA Database Benefits Outweigh Problems

A new law went into effect on Jan. 1 in Michigan. It ordered everyone convicted of a felony or sex-related misdemeanor in Michigan to give authorities a sample of their DNA. This would be very helpful to investigators -- if everything were in place to carry it out.

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Articlesby David J. TerestreFebruary 1, 2002

A Capital Success Story

According to media accounts, nearly 100 officers who joined the force during a 1989-90 recruitment drive-when background screening and standards were all but non-existent-were later charged with criminal wrongdoing.

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Articlesby Dan BurgerJanuary 1, 2002

New Fingerprint Technology IDs the Bad Guys Faster Than Ever

The fingerprint has always been one of law enforcement’s most solid, undefeatable bits of evidence. Matching prints can be as good as gold.

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Articlesby Roy HuntingtonOctober 1, 2001

Streaming Video: A Cop's New Best Friend?

Video technology offers some solid solutions to problems in this arena. From an obvious increase in security due to site monitoring, to enhanced communications between schools and police during emergencies, this technology may offer a powerful tool for responding officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 1, 2001

Nebraska Begins Sex Offender Notification Service

Appriss Inc., has teamed up with the Nebraska State Patrol Sex Offender Registry Office to provide sex offender notification on moderate, or Level II, offenders.

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Articlesby Ken Wallentine, AttorneyDecember 1, 2000

Death’s Dogs: Cadaver Search Canines

Any officer who has been involved in a search for a missing victim knows that law enforcement needs every possible break. Cadaver dogs, though not likely to become widely known or ever be the subject of a television series, give cops just the break they need when searching for human remains.

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Articlesby Stephen J. Ziegler, J.D.October 1, 2000

Battered Women: Why Do They Stay?

She walks into the police station, pregnant, and with two children in tow.  Her face is swollen, her hair matted with blood.  In an enraged voice she tells the police that she is tired of being beaten, wants her boyfriend arrested, and promises to prosecute this time.  Although they have heard all of this five times before, the police nevertheless take pictures and her statement, suspecting all along that the case will never see the inside of a courtroom.

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Articlesby Rick AdrianAugust 1, 2000

Gaining Ground Through Tactical Tracking

While tracking down fugitives from the law has been going on for thousands of years, this "lost art" is being refined for modern police forces as the new millennium begins.

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