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Technology
U.S. Supreme Court Allows PDs to Search Officer Pagers
The Ontario (Calif.) Police Department fired Sgt. Jeff Quon after an internal audit determined he had sent a flurry of personal text messages using his department-issued pager.
June 16, 2010
Photo via Flickr.com (Just Nick...).
Special Units
U.S. Supreme Court Hears SWAT Texting Case
U.S. Supreme Court justices began discussing the merits of the firing of a California SWAT sergeant for receiving sexually explicit text messages on his department-issued pager.
April 19, 2010
Technology
Stopping Sexting at Its Source
Local law enforcement is joining forces with Farmer's Telecommunications Cooperative (FTC) to combat the growing problem of teen "sexting" in DeKalb County, Ga., with an educational DVD.
March 1, 2010
Patrol
Dallas Officer Fired For Sexting 17-Year-Old At School
Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle has terminated officer Bryan Crews for sending nude pictures of himself via text message, failing to provide violators with copies of citations and other actions.
January 16, 2010
Technology
Detroit Police to Open Text Tip Line
For weeks, the black-and-orange billboard loomed over I-94 in Detroit with an ambiguous and ominous one-word message: CRIME.
January 13, 2010
Technology
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed To Search Cell Phones
Ohio patrol officers looking to gather evidence from the cell phones of people they question will now need a search warrant, following a ruling by that state's high court.
December 16, 2009
Image via samantha celera (Flickr.com).
Technology
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear LE Texting Case
The nation's high court will hear a case involving a California SWAT sergeant who was fired for using his departmental pager to transmit sexually explicit messages to his wife.
December 13, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court image via adamsofen (Flickr.com).
Technology
Pittsburgh PD Uses Text Messaging During G-20 Protest
Part of the story of how the department kept protests from getting too unruly can be told by explaining a new text-messaging technology to share information about protester activities instantly within its own command structure, as well as with outside agencies.
September 30, 2009
The Dallas PD uses Nixle's SMS text-messaging technology to notify officers and the public with crime information, maps and pictures.
Technology
Iowa 911 Call Center First to Accept Text Messages
An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.
August 23, 2009
Technology
New Mexico Chief Wants Text Tips
The interim chief of the Carlsbad (N.M.) Police Department has introduced a program allowing tipsters to submit anonymous text messages via cell phones to law enforcement agencies.
June 25, 2009
Photo courtesy of ydhsu on Flickr.com.
Technology
Gun Scare at California University Serves as Test for Text-Alert System
Students and teachers at UC Irvine were shaken Wednesday when officials sent out a campus alert saying they were responding to reports of a camouflaged man with a rifle on campus, a report that was later downgraded when police determined that it was probably just a student carrying a paintball gun.
May 20, 2009
Technology
Cooper Notification Signs on to Sponsor the Campus Safety Conference 2009
Organizers of the Campus Safety Conference welcome Cooper Notification as a Bronze Sponsor to its event, which will take place at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, St. Petersburg, Fla., April 26-28, 2009.
February 8, 2009
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