Congress has passed legislation to completely reorganize United States intelligence agencies in response to recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.
Read More →A man has been arrested on a felony charge for submitting fake voter registration cards in Ohio. He is accused of using names such as Mary Poppins and Dick Tracy to fill out more than 100 such forms, all of which had similar-looking signatures.
Read More →A new performance standard for automated systems that register motorists’ speeds to catch speeders should help law enforcement agencies choose which one to purchase and help them make sure the devices perform the required task.
Read More →The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 218, also known as the “National Concealed Carry for Cops” bill, legislation that would allow qualified off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across all 50 states.
Read More →Law enforcement personnel can now register online to receive information on missing children via email with the KidSave.com Emergency Notification Network.
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Computers have revolutionized the art of crime mapping. Once just an exercise of sticking pins into a map glued to a bulletin board, crime mapping is now built on a foundation of “geographic information systems,” or GIS, a fancy term for creating, updating, and analyzing computerized maps.
Read More →The public can now search an online sex offender registry for free through the company APSCREEN.
Read More →The National Equipment Register (NER) has released its first annual study analyzing the problem of heavy equipment theft in the United States.
Read More →A motorist in New Brunswick, N.J., who was cited by an officer for having an unregistered vehicle, got his car registered online before the ticket was written.
Read More →Larry Oliver, police chief of the Detroit Police Department since February 2002, stepped down from his position after an undeclared, unregistered loaded handgun was found in his checked luggage at the airport.
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