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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2010

Stopping Sexting at Its Source

Local law enforcement is joining forces with Farmer's Telecommunications Cooperative (FTC) to combat the growing problem of teen "sexting" in DeKalb County, Ga., with an educational DVD.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2010

Dallas Officer Fired For Sexting 17-Year-Old At School

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle has terminated officer Bryan Crews for sending nude pictures of himself via text message, failing to provide violators with copies of citations and other actions.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2010

Detroit Police to Open Text Tip Line

For weeks, the black-and-orange billboard loomed over I-94 in Detroit with an ambiguous and ominous one-word message: CRIME.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2009

Ohio Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed To Search Cell Phones

Ohio patrol officers looking to gather evidence from the cell phones of people they question will now need a search warrant, following a ruling by that state's high court.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear LE Texting Case

The nation's high court will hear a case involving a California SWAT sergeant who was fired for using his departmental pager to transmit sexually explicit messages to his wife.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonOctober 1, 2009

Pittsburgh PD Uses Text Messaging During G-20 Protest

Part of the story of how the department kept protests from getting too unruly can be told by explaining a new text-messaging technology to share information about protester activities instantly within its own command structure, as well as with outside agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

Iowa 911 Call Center First to Accept Text Messages

An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2009

New Mexico Chief Wants Text Tips

The interim chief of the Carlsbad (N.M.) Police Department has introduced a program allowing tipsters to submit anonymous text messages via cell phones to law enforcement agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2009

Gun Scare at California University Serves as Test for Text-Alert System

Students and teachers at UC Irvine were shaken Wednesday when officials sent out a campus alert saying they were responding to reports of a camouflaged man with a rifle on campus, a report that was later downgraded when police determined that it was probably just a student carrying a paintball gun.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 9, 2009

Cooper Notification Signs on to Sponsor the Campus Safety Conference 2009

Organizers of the Campus Safety Conference welcome Cooper Notification as a Bronze Sponsor to its event, which will take place at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, St. Petersburg, Fla., April 26-28, 2009.

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