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New Technology Helps Police Take a Byte Out of Crime

Last week, a pedestrian walking through Times Square in New York stumbled upon the monthly Critical Mass demonstration, where legions of cyclists take to the streets en masse to raise awareness about transportation alternatives. ...READ»

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His People Are as Good as Gold

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

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Law Enforcement Excessive Force

We're all fairly familiar with the term police brutality, however some people are laboring under the misapprehension that there is nothing that can be done about it.READ»

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" Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It."

A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force.READ»

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Kansas City Comes Together To Fight Reckless Drivers

18 law enforcement agencies across the state of Missouri join together in a push to combat aggressive driving.READ»

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Construction Workers Slammed by 18-Wheeler

Three injured on I-4 when tractor trailer collides with construction truck near Dover.READ»

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NYPD Blue Goes Green with Hybrid Cars

The next time you get arrested in New York City, you might find yourself in a brand new NYPD hybrid vehicle. The police department is getting ready to deploy 40 Nissan Altima hybrids in the next two weeks. While some NYC cops ...READ»

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India's Capital City Using Facebook to Nab Reckless Drivers

Another example of how crime fighting tech is beginning to mirror a dystopian future -- police in India's capital city have started using Facebook and crowdsourcing to catch traffic violators.READ»

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Meditating on Management

The Madison, Wisconsin, police department plans to send about a dozen police officers and more than 500 workers to a five-day retreat with Zen Buddhism master Thich Nhat Hanh next week. While the retreat has not been sanctioned by ...READ»

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Media: To Kill A (Possible) Predator?

On a fall day in 2006, a small-town Texas county prosecutor named Bill Conradt raised a loaded Browning .380 handgun to his temple, pulled the trigger, and ended his life at 56 years. Before him stood a SWAT team from a local police ...READ»

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DUI in Georgia Now Stricter

If you insist on drinking and driving in Georgia, then you'd better be prepared for the consequences, should you get caught.READ»

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Arms Race: London's Olympic Stadium to Be Made From Guns and Knives

London's Metropolitan Police melted down 58 tons of weapons and other metal items last year to use in the 2012 stadium.READ»

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Wi-Fi Meets <em>The Wire</em>

Motorola's high-speed wireless networks give cops slick new tools to fight crime.READ»

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WEB-EXCLUSIVE: The Secret History of Interpol

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»

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Got A New Boss? Get Fancy!

How does a cast member get the most out of a new director without sacrificing his character's credibility.READ»

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Reputation Management from the Court Room

It started out as something simple. You were late to a meeting, decided that the speed limit was insufficient by 15 – 20 miles per hour so you created your speed limit in the comfort of your car.READ»

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Sorry, Dad.

Lachlan Murdoch threw a monkey wrench into dad Rupert's succession plans by announcing that he's resigning as deputy chief operating officer of News Corp so he can spend more time with his family in Australia. Aside from the ...READ»

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120 cops get human rights paralegal training

Sandy Hutchens thrilled that cops get human rights paralegal training.READ»

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Affordable Homes in Williamson County, TN!

Affordable Homes in Williamson County, TN! Members of the Williamson County Association of Realtors say they hope to develop a positive role in efforts to develop more-affordable homes in Williamson County. In January, ...READ»

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Road Rage in the age of Facebook

Online On Your Blackberry? Drivers Text Message and Post their Road Rage Driving in traffic is full of idiotic rude drivers and your impulse to roll down the window and give the obligatory middle finger or in some people's ...READ»

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Big Brother, Where Art Thou?

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»

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Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Police Chief's Right to Search Employee's Text Messages

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a California police chief's actions in searching and reading private (in this case, sexually explicit) texts from an employee is justified and reasonable.READ»

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Saving The New York Times with Twitter?

Coming up with innovative ideas is a lot like constructing a good joke. At least that's what Luke Williams, creative director with product-design firm Frog Design, said at Columbia Business School’s BRITE Conference on ...READ»

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Boca Raton Cops Are Using Twitter--Crime Fighting Has Changed Forever

With thefts on the rise, cops are tapping virtual communities to fight crime and serve their neighborhoods more effectively. READ»