Author: Garey McKee By Mark Schlinkmann St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tired of getting caught in political cross-fire, police chiefs are seeking job protection. The Missouri Police Chiefs Association convinced the state Legislature last month to make it more difficult for cities to dismiss their chiefs. But the Missouri Municipal League, which represents many chiefs' employers, is [...]
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Police set up lab to monitor Facebook, Twitter and other social media
March 28th, 2013 
National Cyber Security MUMBAI: Mumbai police have set up India’s first “social media lab” to monitor Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites, sparking concerns about freedom of speech online. A specially-trained team of 20 police officers will staff the lab, which was launched over the weekend and will work around the clock to keep an eye on issues [...]
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STRANGER DANGER – CHILD ABDUCTIONS : Would Anyone Help Your Child When Being Abducted?
May 25th, 2012 hitech I saw this on Dateline and had to share it with the rest of the world! This is shocking! Please people do something! Stranger Danger Child Abductions caught on tape! – A real life Missing Girl Child Abduction Test to see how the public reacts – This investigation video captures a child abduction attempt by [...]
Posted in Child Safety Online, Featured Stories, Other Security News, PoliceOne, Prison Time, Security News, Security Threats, Security Tips Comments OffVegas ‘Stripper 101′ lawsuit alleges cameras placed for non-security reasons
May 21st, 2012 By Associated Press LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Some instructors of the popular "Stripper 101" class and show in Las Vegas are in a legal battle over video cameras, claiming they were secretly recorded while in a dressing room. A July hearing is planned on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by five instructors of [...]
Observe Occupy: Watch the tactical evolution of their ‘revolution’
May 20th, 2012 Author: Lt. Dan Marcou The long-anticipated NATO Summit has arrived in Chicago. The Chicago Police Department has planned and trained extensively for anticipation of protests, to insure the NATO meeting can take place, protestors can make their point peacefully, and the city of Chicago can experience a financial boon in today’s tough economy. For the [...]
Observe Occupy: Watch the tactical evolution of their ‘revolution’
May 20th, 2012 Author: Lt. Dan Marcou The long-anticipated NATO Summit has arrived in Chicago. The Chicago Police Department has planned and trained extensively for anticipation of protests, to insure the NATO meeting can take place, protestors can make their point peacefully, and the city of Chicago can experience a financial boon in today’s tough economy. For the [...]
Maine police departments have difficulty recruiting officers
May 20th, 2012 Sun Journal PORTLAND, Maine — A bright red "we're hiring" advertisement comes flashing forward when the Portland Police Department's website is opened. The Maine State Police website has a "***now hiring***" line in red and also a crawler across the top of its site that states the hiring process is now open. The state's largest [...]
Police on swallowed diamond: This, too, shall pass
May 20th, 2012 Associated Press WINDSOR, Ontario — Police in Canada say they are waiting for a man accused of stealing a $20,000 diamond and swallowing it to produce the evidence. It has been nearly a week since Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is alleged to have switched a diamond at Precision Jewellers in Ontario and swallowed the real [...]
NY FBI agent killed in WWII secret mission honored
May 19th, 2012 Author: the Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — FBI Special Agent Harold Haberfeld's (HA'-buhr-fehldz) ill-fated mission to North Africa during World War II was so secret that even now, after 69 years, his home bureau in New York isn't entirely sure what it was. As Buffalo agents [...]
Texas PD takes to the ‘open’ skies with gyroplane
May 19th, 2012 Author: the Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ) The Auto-Gyro MTO Sport, a two-seat, open cockpit gyroplane, costs approximately $75,000 to purchase and about $50 an hour to operate, and runs on the same type of gasoline used in automobiles. It needs minimal room to take off and land, and uses very [...]
Police or sheriff? That’s the choice in tiny Minn. city
May 19th, 2012 By Kevin Giles Minneapolis Star Tribune LANDFALL, Minn. — If Landfall dumps Maplewood's police coverage, the fire contract between the cities could also be in jeopardy. There's a police controversy in tiny Landfall, a Washington County city of close-set mobile homes, but it isn't about crime. Under consideration is whether Landfall will fire the Maplewood [...]
Alaska trooper gets text seeking illegal buy
May 19th, 2012 Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two women face possible charges after authorities say a text message seeking the illegal purchase of alcohol was errantly sent to an Alaska State Trooper. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters tells KTUU-TV an off-duty trooper in the southwest Alaska town of Bethel began getting text messages from an unknown number just [...]
NM city gets $1 million in leftover cash from police evidence room
May 19th, 2012 By Dan McKay Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque's operating budget for next year will get a $1.1 million shot in the arm from an unexpected source — leftover cash from the police evidence room. Attorneys recently decided the money, which has sat unclaimed for at least 10 years, is available for city use, and has [...]
Guard loses finger, Pa. officer hurt during brawl
May 19th, 2012 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review PITTSBURGH — A Westmoreland County woman accused with her father of assaulting a guard and police officer at PNC Park offered her apologies today, but said little else about the incident. "I'm very sorry that this happened," said Rachel George, 21, of Hempfield. "I wish that it never had happened." George made the [...]
Calif. cop on leave pending pepper spray outcome
May 19th, 2012 By John Asbury The Press Enterprise RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Beaumont police officer said he feared for his life when he shot a woman in the face with a high-powered pepper spray gun in February, according to Riverside County grand jury transcripts released this week. Beaumont police Officer Enoch Clark told investigators that he was [...]
