Topic: Law Enforcement

PHILANTHROPY | Comment

Terrorists Strike Fast... Interpol has to Move Faster... Ron Noble is on the Case

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:36 AM

A profile of far-reaching change with life-and-death consequencesREAD»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Sharper Image

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 70
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:40 AM

The FBI is turning to a small Boston software firm for help in transforming surveillance video into high-resolution images -- and then using the pictures to help track terrorists. Call it the ultimate killer app.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

" The Imagination Was There"

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:52 AM

Jamie Gorelick, a 9/11 Commission member and partner in the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has been sharing the lessons of 9/11 with clients and business groups since the book's release. A former vice chair at Fannie Mae and the deputy attorney general under Janet Reno, Gorelick spoke to Fast Company about imagination, leadership, and the persistence of outdated mind-sets.READ»

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WEB-EXCLUSIVE: The Secret History of Interpol

BY By Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:42 AM

How the 79-year-old international police organization survived a false start, Nazis occupation, a meager budget, and a terrorist attack and became a round-the-clock crime-fighter.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

His People Are as Good as Gold

BY Anna Muoio
Relevancy Score: 43
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM

How Bill Daddio strives to build the nation's best police department.READ»

PRIVACY + SECURITY | Comment

Pay by Finger

Relevancy Score: 42
Tue Mar 22, 2005 at 1:21 PM

This just in from FC's Charles Fishman: Lowes Foods, which operates 108 bright, expansive grocery stores in the southeast U.S., confirmed to the Raleigh News & Observer today that it will soon offer payment using a fingerprint ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | 2 comments

No BBQ Sauce? Dial 911!

Relevancy Score: 38
Tue Sep 2, 2003 at 1:59 PM

Talk about a crisis in customer service: A Cleveland-area McDonald's stiffs a lady on her BBQ sauce, so she dials 911. And yes, the tiny town of Avon, OH dispatches an officer to settle the trouble. Hmm. It's hard to figure out ...READ»

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How eBay Fights Fraud

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:41 AM

In this web-exclusive sidebar, learn how a former federal prosecutor keeps eBay sellers and buyers on the level without being a burden to the thousands and thousands of honest transactions that close every day.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Big Brother, Where Art Thou?

BY Anni Layne Rodgers
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

Security executive Jim Miller argues that a national ID card would help the United States combat terrorism, end wasteful government redundancies, and streamline helter-skelter state and national agencies. So where are our personal bar codes and biometric identifiers? Will the United States institute national IDs?READ»

MILITARY | 1 comment

First Use of LRAD Sound Canon In U.S. Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters

BY Gizmodo Staff
Relevancy Score: 33
Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM

I guess military tech always finds its way home. Pittsburgh city officials believe their police department's use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week's G20 protests was "the first time the sound cannon had been used ...READ»

3G | Comment

Video Conviction

BY Lydia Howard
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Jul 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM

I’m blasted daily with mega-numbers for the kazillion apps downloaded and new, improved ways to deliver TV to every screen on the planet. But, I want to focus on a niche, Emergency Video. Grab your mobile, close your eyes ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | Comment

Hubris v. Excess: Eliot Spitzer and the NYSE Square off Against Richard Grasso

Relevancy Score: 30
Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 5:30 PM

In one of the more interesting earnings reports you'll see, the New York Stock Exchange yesterday said that its net income fell 54% in the second quarter -- with the primary culprit being costs stemming from ongoing litigation with ...READ»

CULTURE | 7 comments

Book 'Em, Dano

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 30
Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 11:31 AM

Yesterday, I was talking to a colleague about the importance of uniforms at work. "When you wear a uniform, you're in a different mindset," he said. It's true. Whether on the job or at a trade show, wearing a uniform -- even if it's ...READ»

Topic: Law Enforcement

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