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News•by Staff Writer•March 30, 2011

Prankster Harassed Police with Hundreds of Hoax Calls

The FBI is pursuing charges against a 20-year-old Wisconsin man who used the Skype videoconferencing service to place hundreds of hoax calls to law enforcement agencies.

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Products•March 30, 2011

LCD Clicker and TurningKey Software

To assist in law enforcement classroom training, Turning Technologies has released the ResponseCard NXT advanced radio frequency LCD keypad and TurningKey self-paced assessment software. In addition to standard clicker features, ResponseCard NXT provides capabilities such as cell-phone-style text entry.

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Products•March 30, 2011

EnCase Forensic Version 6.18

EnCase Forensic gives investigators the ability to image a drive and preserve it in a forensic manner using the EnCase evidence file format (LEF or E01), a digital evidence container vetted by courts worldwide. EnCase Forensic also contains a full suite of analysis, bookmarking, and reporting features.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 29, 2011

Florida Agency Using Skype To Obtain Warrants

Cpl. Darin Morgan came up with an idea to save time when obtaining blood search warrants from judges in cases involving impaired drivers. Using Skype can shave hours off police time spent traveling and waiting to meet judges in person.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 28, 2011

N.C. County Buys Spillman Software for 911 Dispatchers

When Cherokee County, N.C., 911 Communications needed a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) solution that was intuitive and easy to use, it turned to Spillman Technologies.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 28, 2011

S.C. Lawmakers Say They'll Pull Plug on Red-Light Cameras

Lawmakers say the system, while a money-maker, amounts to unconstitutional selective law enforcement.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 28, 2011

Social Media Helps Capture Ga. Cop Killer

Police agencies and a former University of Georgia football player posted messages for Jamie Hood and contacted him via Facebook, underlining the growing role of social media sites serving law enforcement.

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Articles•by Melanie Basich•March 28, 2011

Tactical Headsets and Mics: 2011

Advanced communications systems for tac teams now include throat mics, nearly invisible wireless earpieces, and everything in between.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 25, 2011

Thales Multiband Radio Gets Safety Certification

Thales' Liberty Multiband Land Mobile Radio (LMR) has been certified as Intrinsic Safe equipment, meaning it can be operated in an explosive environment and will not trigger ignition in the presence of flammable or combustible material, the company announced.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 25, 2011

BlackBerry DUI Checkpoint App Pulled

Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has agreed to pull downloadable applications that help users evade sobriety checkpoints and drunk driving citations.

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