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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 1, 2000

New Technology Draws a Bead on Gunfire

The ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, from Trilon Technology, working in harmony with the Communicator, a high-speed notification system, from Dialogic Communications Corporation, is helping officers pinpoint — precisely — where guns are being fired.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 1, 2000

Orange County Deputies to Use Video During Family Disturbance Calls

The Orange County Sheriff's Department in California is giving deputies digital video cameras to film family disturbance calls. The 20 cameras cost $20,000 and will help provide evidence for domestic violence cases.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2000

Anti-Missile Technology May Help Identify Dead Bodies

Santa Teresa, New Mexico's Recognition Solutions Inc. is employing copyrighted software that uncovers the individual characteristics of a body's skull when used on typical X-rays commonly used by dentists. This technology was originally designed for the rapid determination incoming international missiles.

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Articlesby Walter ZaliskoMay 1, 2000

Russian Organized Crime: The Foundation for Trafficking

A number of law enforcement sources report a dramatic increase the past two years in the number of Ukrainian and Russian immigrant women recruited into slavery and sexually exploited in the New Jersey and New York area.

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Articlesby Rebecca StoneMarch 1, 2000

Adventures in Law Enforcement 2000

Whatever inspired you to become a police officer, when it comes to police work you know law enforcement has many faces.  Aside from the array of different specialties within your own department, each jurisdiction, county or state may put its own spin on these specialties.

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Articlesby D.P. Van BlaricomMarch 1, 2000

Handling the Mentally Ill: There Are No Shortcuts for Officers

One study has shown that 32 percent of the homeless, who populate our urban streets, are mentally ill and if you have homeless people in your community, you most certainly have those who are mentally ill among them.

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ProductsJanuary 1, 2000

Automated Palmprint Identification System

NEC Technologies Inc., a leader in Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) technology, featured its new Automated Palmprint Identification System, which can scan a suspect's fingerprints and palmprints. Once a latent palmprint is lifted at a crime scene, it can be scanned and entered into the database for matching.

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Articlesby Jane M. TuckerFebruary 1, 1999

Protecting the Innocent

Nothing in recent history has compelled such emotional debate and constitutional controversy as the so-called Megan's Law. These laws require registration and community notification when a convicted sex offender moves into a neighborhood. Designed to protect children from manipulative and violent sex offenders, these laws have become involved in a controversy concerning possible constitutional rights violations.

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Articlesby Linda KirkJune 1, 1996

Rookie's Cool Thinking Quells a Deadly Encounter

The bar I now wear on my uniform serves as a daily reminder of how close I came to ending someone's life. My training taught me how to be an effective police officer.

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Articlesby Al ValdezMay 1, 1996

A Back-to-Basics Approach to Gang Investigators

You get dispatched to a possible gang shooting. When you arrive, the scene looks like it came straight out of' the movies. Family members are present and are hysterical. Several gang members are just milling around, and a lifeless body is on the sidewalk.

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