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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2004

Fake Fax Temporarily Frees Prisoner

An Arkansas jail released a man charged with burglary and theft after receiving a phony fax supposedly from a police detective. It was later discovered the fax was sent from a fast food restaurant.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2004

New System Creates Images of Audiotape Tampering

A real-time magnetic imaging system enables criminal investigators to “see” signs of tampering in audiotapes—erasing, overdubbing, and other alterations—while listening to the tapes.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 4, 2004

Montana Approves Medical Marijuana Law

With Tuesday’s election, Montana became one of the many Western states to approve a medical marijuana initiative, while other parts of the country haven’t even put the issue on the ballot.

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ProductsNovember 1, 2004

NXT In-Car Video System

The NXT In-Car Video System from Kustom Signals is a versatile device that can be continually updated to meet the changing needs of a police department. The device was designed with an open architecture and features serial ports; USB 2.0 ports; as well as VGA, keyboard, and mouse ports.

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Articlesby Dr. Lawrence HeiskellNovember 1, 2004

Five Minutes to Live

Educating cops how to save themselves and others in dire medical emergencies when seconds count is the goal of a new interactive training program from the The Backup Training Corp.

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Articlesby David SpraggsNovember 1, 2004

The Next Dimension

Since the earliest days of trial by jury, detectives have been searching for new ways to help jurors visualize crime scenes. Using new computer and photographic technologies, investigators can create diagrams with complex 3-D surfaces and immersive 360-degree images.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2004

Sorting Out Communications Chaos

If that wasn't bad enough, communications problems among officers from the 25 different agencies involved made it extremely difficult for responders to coordinate the five-hour operation that led to the shooter's surrender.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2004

TREXPO East: Report from the Show Floor

Tactical show offers look at new equipment for SWAT and patrol.

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Articlesby Neil WeissNovember 1, 2004

Picking Up the Pieces

The cleanup of the carnage left behind by a bloody crime or suicide requires more than a mop and some soapy water. Survivors of the victims are not only emotionally ill equipped to literally pick up the pieces of their loved ones, they lack the proper tools.

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