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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2006

New Online Medical Forensics Course Offered

To further educate individuals in law enforcement, legal, and medical professions about the particulars of medical forensics, A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) is offering a premier online medical forensics course available nationwide. The university is currently accepting registration for fall classes.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2006

Flashing Blue Lights Approved for NY Cop Cars

Earlier this month, Governor Pataki signed legislation authorizing law enforcement agencies in New York to install blue lights on the rear half of the light bars on patrol vehicles. Most police vehicles in New York state have used red and amber lights.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 5, 2006

10th Annual Mock Prison Riot Starts Sunday

Teams of corrections officers from 31 states will be joined by corrections and law enforcement technologists at the 10th annual OLETC Mock Prison Riot, which kicks off on Sunday, May 7, and runs through Wednesday, May 10.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 20, 2006

Rethinking Sex Offender Laws a Tough Sell

The killings of two men listed on Maine's Internet sex offender registry may offer a grim lesson about the consequences of such registry laws, but defense lawyers and crime researchers question whether a thoughtful national debate on the subject is possible.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2006

Canada Scraps Plan to Decriminalize Pot Use

Canada's new Conservative government will scrap draft legislation which would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday.

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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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