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Articles•by Shelly Feuer Domash•May 1, 2005

Market Report

Economically speaking, street drugs and club drugs are commodities. They are mass-produced products subject to fluctuations in price due to changes in supply and demand. The way you track the demand on a commodity is to check its market value. But there’s no organized commodity market for illegal drugs, so to gauge demand you have to do a little research, you have to talk to the people who know the drug market.

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Articles•by R.K. Campbell•May 1, 2005

Don't Go With Them

One of the most difficult situations that an officer can face is a confrontation with an individual who wants to die. These extremely dangerous people fall into three primary classes: terrorists on a suicide mission, criminals who won’t be taken alive, and emotionally disturbed people who want to take their own lives and choose a police officer as their unwitting accomplice.

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Articles•by David J. Terestre•May 1, 2005

Beyond the Darkness

Around midnight. Aug. 13, 2003. Officer Kyle Olinger of the Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department patrolled the central business district of Silver Spring.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 29, 2005

Woman Chooses Donating Packers Tickets Over Jail

A Wisconsin judge handed out an unusual sentence for theft when he ordered the convicted woman to decide between serving 90 days in jail and donating her family’s Green Bay Packers season tickets to charity.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 29, 2005

DOJ Report Details American Indian Crime and Justice Statistics

A new report summarizes data on American Indians in the criminal justice system and reports the rates and characteristics of violent crimes experienced by American Indians.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 14, 2005

Investigators Form Association to Combat Abuse

The National Association of Domestic and Child Abuse Investigators recently formed to provide a resource for investigators across the country.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 14, 2005

Baltimore PD Aims to Fight Witness Intimidation

After drug dealers in Baltimore started circulating a homemade video called “Stop Snitching,” the city’s police department put out its own DVD called “Keep Talking.”

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News•by Staff Writer•April 8, 2005

America Online to Promote E-911/911 Access

America Online has become a program partner in the Next Generation E9-1-1 (NG E9-1-1 Program of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) to improve and promote access to emergency calling services.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 1, 2005

UK Home Office Approves Police Use of Taser X26

Law enforcement officers authorized to use firearms throughout England and Wales now have approval to use Taser International’s Taser X26.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 1, 2005

Community Still Looking for Answers in Deadly Minn. School Shooting

As the investigation continues into the reasons behind 16-year-old Jeff Weise’s Mar. 21st shooting spree at his home and school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, grieving family members in the close-knit community are trying to come to terms with the event that left 10 dead.

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