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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2013

ACLU Attacks El Paso Sheriff's Social Media Monitoring

El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles and his department attracted plenty of criticism recently after he announced the department was trying to seek a grant to purchase software that would monitor social media to track possible criminal activity.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2013

San Diego Area Officers Using Facial Scans in the Field

Twenty-five local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies – including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Border Patrol, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and San Diego State University – participate in the system.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2013

Power Hawk Technologies Expands Patent Protection for Its Auto Crib-It Rescue Equipment

Power Hawk Technologies Inc. has announced that it has expanded its patent protection in countries around the world for its Auto Crib-It vehicle stabilization rescue tool (US patent number 7,708,244 B2). Auto Crib-It is used by fire and rescue teams for vehicle extrication and collapse rescues.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2013

Successful Sacramento County LPR Operation Uses Vigilant Solutions Tools

Vigilant Solutions has announced that the Sacramento County (Calif.) Sheriff's Department and other Sacramento area agencies conducted a one-day sweep of Sacramento County using the company’s license plate recognition (LPR) systems and historical LPR data yielding impressive results.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2013

Vigilant Solutions LPR Catches Halloween Criminals

Operation Trick or Treat in Sacramento County, Calif., led to the recovery of 25 stolen vehicles in one day using Vigilant Solutions' license plate recognition systems and data.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Okla. Inmates Create Computer Program to Save Corrections Dept. Money

Three computer savvy inmates serving time at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington, Okla., have created a data collection program that may save the state millions of dollars, say three state representatives.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Calif. Woman Cited for Driving While Wearing Google Glass

A Temecula woman received a ticket from a California Highway Patrol officer Tuesday evening in San Diego for operating a vehicle while wearing Google Glass computerized glasses that connect people to the Internet.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2013

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wants 2 Drones for Maricopa County

Joe Arpaio, the outspoken sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., wants to use two drones to survey his jails from the air and catch drug dealers, if he receives FAA approval.

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Videosby Staff WriterOctober 25, 2013

IACP 2013: L-3 DPA PatrolSim Driver Training Simulator

L-3 DPA's PatrolSim 5 is an immersive driving simulator designed to test an officer's precision driving skills under a variety of conditions.

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Articlesby Jon AdlerOctober 25, 2013

You Have the Right to Record

The Citizens Empowerment Act is an attempt to thwart criminal investigations by launching them into the court of YouTube. It would require federal officers to serve written notice to people under investigation that they are entitled to record interviews with the officers.

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