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National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Police Want Unpiloted Aircraft for Routine Tasks, Not Snooping, Former Chief Asserts Police departments would probably use them for more routine tasks, said Donald Shinnamon, a business development executive at UAV-maker Institu Inc., and one-time chair of the aviation committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. |
Information Today July 1, 2014 |
Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Individual Privacy Law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before searching the content in an arrested person's cellphone. |
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"Arrest Me!" A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer's handgun. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Driving While Armed The ACLU defends gun rights. |
Reason May 2004 Brian Doherty |
Your Papers, Please The Supreme Court is once again considering the nuances of when it's OK to arrest an American citizen simply for refusing to show a cop an ID. |
ifeminists February 1, 2006 Matthew Reed |
How to Fight Back Against Pat-Downs by Airport Security Screeners You must use 911 and *677 to call the police first and get them on your side... The second the security screener goes over your breasts or genital area with their hands after wanding you... If the local police don't arrest the screeners... etc. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
Salon.com May 3, 2000 Carina Chocano |
The Whitney Houston rules The hypocrisy of America's marijuana laws is highlighted by the glamorous singer's non-arrest after she's found with a half-ounce of pot in an airport. |
Reason November 2001 Brian Doherty |
Drunken Assertion "Ramsell's Roadside Rights Kit" is shaped like a passport and opens up to a pocket that holds your driver's license, insurance, and car registration. On the back is a card emblazoned with an assertion of your rights when stopped by the cops... |
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Justin Mullins |
Ring of Steel II The ring of steel, one of the most sophisticated security systems on the planet, is a network of cameras that provides comprehensive video coverage of a large part of the City of London. Now other cities want to follow London's lead, with New York City at the head of the queue. |
Fast Company September 2004 Keith H. Hammonds |
"Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It." A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force. |
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Going Whole Hog Maine police say a man took a cash machine from inside a convenience store and drove off with it in the back of a stolen pickup truck. |
Salon.com August 14, 2000 Jesse Walker |
War on protesters The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. |
Reason October 2001 Rhys Southan |
DNA on Demand Scotland's Strathclyde Police don't blink twice when it comes to slighting privacy for crime detection. In March, Scotland's largest police department announced that officers would take DNA samples from everyone they arrest, no matter how minor the crime... |
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Simon A. Cole |
Double Helix Jeopardy DNA databases help solve crimes but some say they also aid and abet racial discrimination. Can there be a compromise between the desire for privacy and the need for crime control? |
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street If governments and businesses can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. |
Salon.com April 14, 2001 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Cincinnati's killer cops Black leaders want the feds to investigate the city's trigger-happy police. They shouldn't hold their breath... |
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The Worst Approach Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. |
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To Protect, But Not To Serve Columbus, Ohio city council members are hearing complaints that police officers are saying citizens who are fed up with crime in their neighborhoods should move out. |
ifeminists July 6, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Domestic Violence Victims Need Self-Defense Every American anti-domestic violence advocate should advise victims -- male or female -- to learn self-defense. They should lobby for the repeal of any law or policy that hinders responsible gun ownership. |
Salon.com July 14, 2000 Howard Altman |
Ready to rumble Police violence rocks Philadelphia as anxious protesters prepare to descend on the city for the Republican National Convention. |
Salon.com July 9, 2001 David Horowitz |
Cops are not to blame Who is responsible for the recent killings of blacks in Cincinnati? Liberals and "civil rights" crusaders... |
Reason April 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Pot Stops In the United States, it's clearly not true that no one gets arrested for smoking pot anymore. But it looks like that will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws... |
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Crime: A Family Thing? Although its legality has not been tested in court, a growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide are considering whether to adopt a technique that entails looking through the database for a near-match rather than an exact match. |
CFO August 1, 2012 Vincent Ryan |
High Court Upholds Health-Care Reform The Supreme Court's ruling leaves companies with decisions to make. |
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Ninja Arrested Police in Vernon, Conn., said they arrested a man who was dressed as a ninja and waving nunchucks while yelling about wanting to beat up U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman. |
ifeminists November 18, 2003 Rex Curry |
Government Schools and Unconstitutional Searches As an attorney, I believe that government schools should be unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment ban of unreasonable searches. The recent police-state raid in Goose Creek, South Carolina is another in the growing list of proofs. |
National Defense March 2009 Magnuson & Rusling |
Noted Police Chief Slams Federal-Local Partnerships The man who led the local police response to the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon hopes the new administration does a better job of coordinating counterterrorism efforts with local law enforcement. |
ifeminists August 13, 2002 Glenn Sacks |
Baseball Player's Domestic Violence Arrest Demonstrates How Men are Presumed Guilty in Domestic Disputes Scott Erickson was arrested after an altercation with his girlfriend last week. |
Popular Mechanics November 28, 2006 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
SWAT Overkill: The Danger of a Paramilitary Police Force This guest editorial from a law professor and instapundit.com blogger argues that overaggressive tactics and surplus military gear have turned some police units into a dangerous menace. |
ifeminists March 30, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Mother Sues Cops For Failing to Protect Kids As long as restraining orders are "standard" and "perfunctory" they lose all value as indications of possible violence. Perhaps the police would take them seriously if they were issued only after a genuine threat of violence had been established. |
ifeminists August 9, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
Brett Myers Case Obscures an Important Truth About Domestic Violence Arrests In many domestic violence cases the men arrested deserve the open mind and support which the Philadelphia Phillies mistakenly extended Brett Myers. Spousal abuse arrests are often dubious, in part because of misguided domestic violence laws and law enforcement policies. |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Anthony York |
Taking it from the streets Philly police face ugly allegations after hundreds of protesters are detained for more than two days. |
Reason November 2003 Jesse Walker |
Intelligence Failure Long faulted by civil libertarians as too weak a restraint, New York City's "Handschu guidelines" against harrassing police surveillance were relaxed in March. It didn't take long for police to begin taking advantage of their new harrassment powers to intimidate anti-war protestors. |
InternetNews September 22, 2009 |
Canada Uses IBM BI Software to Fight Crime Edmonton police are the latest to use business intelligence apps to identify crime hot spots. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
Salon.com January 20, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Thousands protest Bush's Inauguration Demonstrators lining the parade route give the new presidential limo an unwelcome splash on its way to the White House... |
Chemistry World July 12, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
GSK under investigation over corruption in China Chinese police are investigating GlaxoSmithKline over claims of bribery and tax-related crimes. |
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The Phone Never Lies Las Cruces police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her ex-husband. |
ifeminists October 27, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Never get naked in front of a cop...or his wife Remember Eric Williamson? He was the Fairfax, Virginia man arrested for making coffee while naked and alone in his own kitchen. |
CIO July 1, 2001 Beth Stackpole |
To Catch a Thief CIOs are moving integrated criminal justice systems to the top of the priority list. But even with political support, funding is problematic... |
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Sweet & Cass |
How to Fight Crime in Real Time New York City's Real Time Crime Center enables officers to extract information from integrated databases and send it immediately to investigators in the field. Displays are tailored to the situation at hand. |
Reason October 2005 Jacob Sullum |
Pansies of New York Regarding random police searches in New York, if any measure that is ostensibly aimed at preventing terrorism is justified simply because some people believe it will prevent terrorism, we might as well forget about our constitutional rights. |
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You're Doing It Wrong Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. |
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1 Night, 2 DUIs A policeman in Lincoln, Neb. arrested a woman twice in one night for driving drunk -- in two different cars. |
Job Journal October 28, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication. |
Salon.com August 17, 2000 Anthony York |
The cops become the issue More civil than disobedient, the marches against police brutality were as scripted as the action inside the Staples Center. |
CIO July 8, 2008 Robert Lemos |
Five Ways IT Can Avoid a Privacy Lawsuit Violating an informal privacy policy is a no-no, a recent court ruling found. CIOs can take some important lessons about text messaging and privacy away from the case of Quon v. Arch Wireless. |
Salon.com November 1, 2000 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Killer cops The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues... |
AskMen.com June 3, 2009 |
The Cocaine Suitcase Bust Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. |