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Global Terror, Local Targets

The following is a quick look at where and how some of the leading experts on terrorism believe our enemies may strike. It's in no particular order because each scenario is a nightmare, and how do you rate a nightmare?

September 29, 2010

Special Units

University of Texas Student Kills Self In Library

Shortly after 8 a.m., Colton Tooley, a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in math at UT, entered the school's Perry-Castaneda Library and allegedly fired four shots with an AK-47 rifle. The suspect, who was wearing black clothing, then headed to the sixth floor, where he shot himself.

September 27, 2010

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S.C. Teen Tweeted He 'Had a Plan' Before Shooting

A South Carolina ninth-grader who shot the school resource officer with Socastee High School near Myrtle Beach on Tuesday began posting Twitter messages about his plan on Aug. 23, the first day of school.

September 21, 2010

Special Units

Johns Hopkins Gunman Wounds Surgeon, Then Kills Mother and Self

The suspect barricaded himself in a room of the hospital's thoracic center on the eighth floor of the hospital's Nelson Building. The shooter was reportedly upset about his mother's treatment at the hospital and shot the doctor in the stomach during surgery.

September 15, 2010

Vehicle Ops

Handcuffed Robbery Suspect Took Cruiser On Two-Mile Joy Ride

Officers investigating a burglary at Wing Luke Elementary at 2 a.m. today found and arrested the unnamed suspect, who was able to maneuver his handcuffed wrists in front of him and crawl into the front seat of the patrol car because the partition screen was lowered.

September 8, 2010

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SRO Reported S.D. Teen's School Bomb Plot

Joseph Thomas Hansen, 18, was arrested Aug. 23, the day before he was scheduled to begin his senior year at Sisseton High School. Police arrested the teen after a school resource officer received a tip about Hansen's suspected plot.

August 31, 2010

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N.C. Appeals Ruling on Church-Affiliated College Police Agencies

The State of North Carolina on Thursday filed notice of an appeal with the N.C. Supreme Court and asked the court to delay enforcing a recent lower-court ruling that said Davidson College’s campus police cannot enforce state laws because it is a religious institution.

August 25, 2010

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N.C. Court Strips College of Police Powers

A North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that Davidson College's police department can't perform police duties because of its close ties to a religious institution, which could violate the constitutional separation between church and state.

August 22, 2010

Technology

Utah Valley University Uses Spillman Data-Sharing System

If a student is suspected of an on-campus crime, the department can quickly search the Spillman system to see if the student has also committed crimes in other local jurisdictions.

June 17, 2010

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N.Y. Jail Guard Kills Two, Abducts Third During Hospital Shooting

The suspect is believed to be 43-year-old Nassau County Corrections Officer Kim Wolfe, who was reportedly involved in a domestic dispute with the victims.

June 15, 2010

Technology

Cornell Univ. PD Chooses Spillman's Software To Compile Crime Data

Cornell University Police Department is adopting new software from Spillman Technologies to help the agency compile data about campus crimes and access critical information from the field.

May 19, 2010

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Md. Cops Strike Student with Batons

Two Prince George's County (Md.) Police Department officers were captured on video beating a U. of Maryland student with batons after a school basketball game. Read the full story here.

April 12, 2010