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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2007

Agencies Simulate Cuban Influx

More than 85 federal and local law enforcement agencies kicked off a two-day exercise in Florida Wednesday to prepare for a possible mass migration from the Caribbean, such as might occur following a change in government in Cuba.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2007

Plans for National Law Enforcement Museum Unveiled

Wednesday, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) formally unveiled plans for the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum. With groundbreaking scheduled for next summer, the National Law Enforcement Museum will be the largest and most comprehensive museum of its kind.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2007

Amid Claims of Police Profiling, Study Will Review ‘Stop and Frisks’

The New York City Police Department has commissioned a six-month independent review of the way it stops people on the streets, sometimes searching them for illegal weapons, after the release of statistics that showed the department stopped 508,540 people in the five boroughs last year, officials said yesterday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2007

Olympia Police Officials Win National Alarm Management Award

Two members of the Olympia (Wash.) Police Department received a national award February 20, 2007, for helping to improve alarm management practices in their city. The "Award of Distinction for Excellence in Alarm Management" is given by the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) in recognition of innovative and successful practices that reduce the number of burglar alarm signals generating calls for police dispatch.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerMarch 1, 2007

Austin (Texas) PD's Crisis Negotiation Team

Texas' capital city of Austin was the site of the infamous Texas Tower sniper incident in 1966, widely credited with inspiring the creation of SWAT teams. Today it is home to a nationally recognized police crisis-negotiation team.

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Articlesby Dave SmithMarch 1, 2007

Where Did John Wayne Go?

John wayne was the hero of my youth. He won World War II, tamed the Wild West, and generally went through life kicking butt. We hardly even remembered or cared about the name of any of the characters he played; we just went to a John Wayne Movie…period, enough said.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2007

S.C. Man Sentenced to Death in Murders of Two Officers

A jury sentenced a South Carolina man to death Wednesday for gunning down two law enforcement officers during a dispute about his family's land in 2003.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2007

Arkansas Seat Belt Law Gains Support

State Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and leaders in law enforcement and medicine in Arkansas have thrown their support behind making seat-belt non-use a primary offense -- meaning an officer could stop a vehicle only because the driver was observed not using a seat belt.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2007

Mexico Police Encouraged to Book 'em

The police department is urging its officers to read books by Bertolt Brecht, Raymond Carver and others as part of a broad cultural education program aimed at cutting down on graft within the force.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2007

"Too Tired to Walk," Man Steals Police Car

A Japanese man told police he stole a patrol car that had been left idling outside a post office in Gunma, north of Tokyo, because he was too tired to walk home.

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