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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2018

Major City Homicide Detectives Overwhelmed by Murder Rate

Over a five-year period, each detective in Detroit has been tasked with solving an average of about eight new slayings annually — a caseload exceeding what policing experts say should be no more than five homicides per detective, per year.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2018

Texas DPS Releases Aerial Video of Pursuit that Ended in Gunfight, Explosion

The Texas Department of Public Safety posted a video to YouTube that had been taken from a helicopter surveilling Mark Conditt, the man suspected of a series of bombings that killed two people and injured five others around Austin.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2018

California Man Kills Wife, 4 Others Before Killing Himself

A man reportedly killed his wife and four others before turning the gun on himself in an agricultural town in central California.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2018

7 NYPD Officers Arrested in Alleged Prostitution, Gambling Operation

Seven officers with the New York Police Department are accused of prostitution, corruption, and misconduct charges in connection with an illegal gambling and prostitution ring in Brooklyn and Queens.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

Washington Officers Cleared of Wrongdoing in Non-Fatal OIS of Armed Man

The Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office has determined that two law enforcement officers were justified in shooting a man who was wielding a bolt-action rifle in March.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2018

Apple Says it Will Begin Training Law Enforcement in Digital Forensics

Apple said in the letter that the company is "developing an online training module for police that mirrors Apple's current in-person training."

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2018

U.S., 4 Other Nations Call for Lawful Access to Encrypted Mobile Device Data

Following officials’ annual meeting, known as the Five Country Ministerial (FCM), it was agreed there is an “increasing gap” between the ability of police to access data and the ability to “acquire and use the content of that data” in the courts. Nations complained end-to-end encryption—used in apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram—is also used by terrorists and criminals.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2018

Customs Agents Use New Facial Recognition Technology to Nab Impostor at Airport

It was just the third day of operation for a new facial comparison biometric system now being used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Washington Dulles International Airport when a man presenting a French passport was discovered to in fact be from Republic of Congo.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2018

Texas Officer Who Pointed Gun at Kids Cleared of Wrongdoing

In the July 5 incident Officer Jose Rios was attempting to effect the arrest of two juveniles when he was surrounded by a number of other juveniles who closed in on him as they shouted taunts. The incident was captured on cell phone video, which quickly went viral on social media.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2018

Panel Says Baltimore Detective Thought Murdered Killed Himself, Case Still Open

Among the evidence: The gun barrel was in contact with Suiter's head when the fatal shot was fired. Nobody else's DNA was found on his weapon. Blood spatter was found inside the right-handed detective's right shirt cuff, indicating his hand and arm were in a high position when the shot was fired.

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