Tag: Cops Online: Page 2

Technology

Social Media Ridealongs

Not only do social media help agencies establish better community ties, they also provide them with auxiliary networks of support personnel, informants, and sympathetic witnesses.

March 19, 2013

Technology

DOJ To Police: Get a Warrant for Older E-mails

The Department of Justice on Tuesday dropped its support for allowing law enforcement to review older e-mails without a warrant in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

March 19, 2013

Editor's Notes

PoliceMag Launches Patrol Podcast

This uncharacteristically short blog announces the forthcoming Patrol podcasts I will be conducting for PoliceMag.com. You can listen to these podcasts in the Podcasts section of Policemag.com, or subscribe to our iTunes feed. The first one is available now.

September 11, 2012

Technology

FBI Updates Computer System

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have finally ditched paper files for a new computer system, an effort that took 12 years and cost more than $600 million.

July 31, 2012

Technology

Ark. Deputy Fired for Facebook Comments

A Baxter County (Ark.) Sheriff's deputy was fired after he posted comments on his Facebook page containing profanity, criticism of coworkers, and a reference to himself sitting naked on his porch.

July 31, 2012

Technology

Skype Makes Chat Data More Available To Police

Skype, the online phone service long favored by political dissidents, criminals and others eager to communicate beyond the reach of governments, has expanded its cooperation with law enforcement authorities to make online chats and other user information available to police.

July 26, 2012

Technology

FBI: Internet Address Switchover Could Impact Online Investigations

The FBI is worried that an explosion of new Internet numeric addresses scheduled to begin Wednesday may hinder its ability to conduct electronic investigations.

June 4, 2012

Patrol

New Orleans Cop Suspended for Trayvon Martin Comment

A New Orleans Police officer has been suspended indefinitely without pay for an online comment about the Trayvon Martin case.

March 26, 2012

Technology

Felonbook.com Launched To Change 'The System'

The site enables the "game changing principles of anonymous viral activism, or A-V-A," according to a press release from its founder, who is known as Mr. X (con).

March 21, 2012

Patrol

Maryland Student Arrested for Online Death Threat

A 19-year-old student from the University of Maryland allegedly posted an online threat warning people to "stay away from the mall" because the student was planning to "kill enough people to make it to national news."

March 11, 2012

Patrol

'Idiots' Discuss Columbine-Style Massacre On Facebook

Two former students of a Massachusetts high school used poor judgement when discussing a Columbine-style attack on Facebook and never intended to carry out the plan, the mother of one told the Boston Herald.

March 6, 2012

Patrol

No Bail for Police Online Bounty Suspect

The U.S. Attorney's Office in eastern Missouri has charged a Maplewood man in a murder-for-hire scheme after he posted a Craigslist ad offering $1 million bounties on local officers.

March 5, 2012