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SCOTUS Allows DNA Swabs During Arrests

The 5-4 ruling came in Maryland v. King, where a convicted rapist had argued his Fourth Amendment privacy rights were violated when police used DNA to connect him to an earlier crime.

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Texas Cops Fired for Excessive Force

Two Jasper (Texas) Police officers have been fired by the City Council for allegedly using exessive force on a 25-year-old woman in the station. Read the story here.

Technology

Laser Light Introduces Forensic Laser Tool

Laser Light Solutions has introduced the BriteBeam 8708G4 dual wavelength forensic system for the most demanding forensic applications.

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Philly Top Cop Asks Feds to Review Department

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsay has asked the Department of Justice to investigate officers' use of force at one of the nation's largest law enforcement agencies.

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Video: Combative Suspect Dies After Assaulting Calif. Officers

Sacramento (Calif.) Police officers used their batons on a combative suspect at a cellular phone store after the man scared workers and physically attacked and resisted arrest.

Technology

Lasersec Introduces Hand-held Crime Scene Material Analyzer

Lasersec Systems Corp. has released the LEA hand-held elemental analyzer based on LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy), according to the company.

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50 Years After Miranda

Officers on the job before 1966 knew that the right to remain silent was guaranteed by the Constitution, but no officer from that era ever thought it was his job to remind offenders of their rights. That changed with the arrest of Ernesto Miranda in March 1963 and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that followed.

Training

Can We Prevent the Next Chris Dorner?

Unlike most cornered suspects, the active, retired, or terminated cop who fights his former peers does so with a weapons cache that is wholly different from that of the usual suspects, one that comes with the experience, training, and tactical awareness unique to those who have worked in the profession.

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JFK-Era Dallas Detective Honored

The Dallas Police Department honored retired Det. Jim Leavelle this week for his role in the investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. The agency's annual Detective of the Year award will now be named in his honor.

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Calif. Cops TASER Domestic Suspect In Home

Cotati (Calif.) Police officers entered the home of a military veteran after a neighbor called 911 to report a domestic dispute. James Wood recorded the encounter, which he claims was improper. Read the full story here.

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Shots Fired: San Dimas, California 06/20/1989

Belmontez raised the knife and charged at the officers with rapid steps. That the man had a wooden leg had already been made known to Brown. What he didn't expect was that the 250-pound man had long ago become accustomed to walking with it.

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Calif. Sheriff Asks FBI To Probe Death

Kern County (Calif.) Sheriff Donny Youngblood has asked the FBI to investigate the death of a man who was repeatedly struck by deputies' batons.

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