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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2005

Newark Graduates Nation’s Biggest GREAT Anti-Gang Class

Newark Mayor Sharpe James and Police Director Anthony Ambrose recently officiated over the graduation of 1,000 Newark, N.J., schoolchildren from the city’s Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program, the largest class in the national program’s 14-year history.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2005

Bill to Pull Aid from Mexico If No Death Penalty Extraditions

Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-Colo.) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) have proposed legislation to stop supplying $66 million in aid to Mexico if the country refuses to extradite cop killers who could receive sentences of death or life without parole.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 20, 2005

Police Suspect Man Molested Thousands of Children

Convicted child molester Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller has again been arrested on child molestation charges in San Jose, Calif. Police now believe he may have abused thousands more children over three decades.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 20, 2005

COPS Seeks to Reduce School Bomb Threats

As the school year comes to a close, a new guide could help reduce end-of-school-year bomb threats and help prepare for the next school year.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 20, 2005

National Law Enforcement Museum Requests Historical Item Donations

If you have historical law enforcement items you’re willing to donate, you could see them in the National Law Enforcement Museum. The museum is asking the public to submit authentic law enforcement memorabilia to add to its permanent collection.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2005

Rate of Family Violence Dropped

Incidence of family violence among victims 12 and older fell by more than fifty percent between 1993 and 2002, according to the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2005

NENA Program to Test 9-1-1 Accessibility to Deaf

The National Emergency Number Association has launched a system designed to ensure that the equipment that allows the deaf or hearing impaired to contact 9-1-1 centers is working properly.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2005

K-9s Train in Robot Test Arena

Bomb and drug sniffing dogs train regularly at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) arena designed to test urban search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal robots.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2005

DOJ Accepting Medal of Valor Nominations

The Department of Justice is calling for nominations for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. The president awards the medal to public safety officers who have exhibited exceptional courage.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2005

Court Rules Prisons Must Accommodate All Inmates’ Religions

The Supreme Court has ruled that even satanists must be allowed access to literature, ceremonial items, and time to practice their religions while in state prisons.

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