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Articlesby Dave SmithApril 1, 2006

Junk Science on the Beat

Many police psychologists believe that if you don’t feel bad, something is wrong with you.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerApril 1, 2006

Sturgis (S.D.) Police Department

Every summer a department of 14 sworn morphs into a large multi-agency police force to accommodate the town’s annual motorcycle rally.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2006

San Francisco Supervisor Wants LE to Ignore Federal Immigration Law

A city supervisor has introduced a resolution that would urge local law enforcement agencies to ignore tough federal illegal immigration legislation if it becomes law.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2006

National Equipment Register Holds Free Seminar

FBI-LEEDA and the National Equipment Register are scheduled to hold a free one-day regional summit in Phoenix on March 14, designed to help equipment owners, insurers, and law enforcement better combat heavy equipment theft. This summit provides timely information that will assist participants in better dealing with and understanding the problem of heavy equipment theft and recovery.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2006

2005 Equipment Theft Report Available

Nearly 40 percent of all construction and agricultural equipment theft occurs in just five states, according to a report released today by the National Equipment Register (NER), a database company established to reduce heavy-equipment theft rates and increase recoveries of stolen equipment.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 19, 2006

Proposed Washington Law Focuses on Meth Users, Not Makers

After years of targeting home-based methamphetamine laboratories, state and law enforcement officials are shifting focus, taking aim at meth addicts themselves. Attorney General Rob McKenna, along with the 26-member task force “Operation: Allied Against Meth,” is backing legislation that focuses on longer prison sentences and emphasizes substance abuse treatment.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJanuary 1, 2006

Shots Fired: Pine Hills, Florida 05/05/2004

Orange County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Deputy Jennifer Fulford had a lot on her mind on May 5, 2004. Having just paid for her wedding dress, the logistics of her nuptials were weighing on the 31-year-old deputy as she began her patrol. There was still so much to do, and time was a precious commodity.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2005

New Federal Legislation Provides Funds to Implement Enhance 911 Act

A House-Senate Conference Committee has approved the Digital Television and Public Safety Act as part of the Budget Reconciliation conference report, which provides for $43.5 million to implement the Enhance 911 Act that was signed into law last year.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 27, 2005

Police Equipment Recovery Award Nominations Open

Law enforcement and rental companies have been working together to prevent theft and recover stolen equipment. In recognition of these efforts and many success stories, an annual award was established in 2004 by the American Rental Association (ARA), ARA Insurance Services, and the National Equipment Register (NER).

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2005

New North Carolina Law Calls for More Paroles

Even many legislators were unaware that part of North Carolina’s budget bill that was approved in August says the state’s Parole Commission should aim to parole at least 20 percent of inmates eligible for parole who were sent to prison before structured sentencing guidelines took effect in 1994.

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