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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 19, 2016

Video: Arizona Officers Rescue 3-Year-Old Girl Duct Taped, Locked in Closet, and Sexually Abused

Police in Mesa, AZ, say they’re investigating a child-abuse case that “shocks the soul.” A 3-year-old malnourished girl was bound with duct tape, kept in a closet, and allegedly offered for sex by a man babysitting the child.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2016

Philly Officer's Shooter Loyal to ISIS Likely Acted Alone

FBI Director James B. Comey said Thursday that investigators were not currently seeking any other suspects in last week's shooting of a Philadelphia police officer by a man who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2016

Video: Woman Dead, Suspect Hospitalized, Officer Released After OIS

A woman is dead, and the man she lived with is in the hospital. This, after an officer-involved shooting in Wauwatosa, WI, on Monday night.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2016

Police Investigating If Philly Officer's Shooter Worked With Others

Federal and local authorities are continuing to investigate a tipster's claim that Edward Archer, the man charged in the shooting of Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett, was part of a small group of men with radical beliefs.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2016

Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Recaptured in Mexico

Mexican authorities snared drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a bloody raid Friday aimed at capturing one of the world's most notorious and slippery criminals.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2016

ExacqVision Integrates with Inex/Zamir for Enhanced License Plate Recognition

Exacq has announced a new integration with Inex/Zamir license plate recognition software. This integration is designed to give exacqVision users greater video surveillance capabilities within one interface.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2016

Fishers Pulse 8X Metal Detector Rated #1 by Homeland Security

JW Fishers Pulse 8X has been rated the best underwater metal detector by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's SAVER program. In a comparison of the eight top underwater detectors on the market, Fishers Pulse 8X was rated number one.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2016

Face Forensics Announces Tattoo Recognition System

Face Forensics has significantly extended its f2 advanced face recognition technology by adding the capability to match images of tattoos against databases containing them.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2015

Experts Say Police Agencies Are Prime Targets for Ransomware Attacks

IT teams at law enforcement agencies across the United States have been dealing with an unusual challenge. White collar criminals, mostly based in foreign countries, have begun targeting police departments with “ransomware”—software that infects a computer and overwrites data, making a system inaccessible unless the user pays a ransom via Bitcoin.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 28, 2015

Police Robots on Land and Sea

Some of the top police and sheriff's departments in this country have fielded robots for a variety of tasks since the 1990s. But we are now seeing a broad expansion of the types of robot tools available to law enforcement and a reimagining of what they can do.

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