"Law Enforcement"
Horrific Attack at Batman Screening Leaves 12 Dead
July 20, 2012AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer’s most highly anticipated films.
Read full articleState Police Upgrading 9-1-1 System
July 14, 2012The Board of Public Works this week approved the Maryland State Police’s purchase of a $7.1 million advanced 911 system that could allow citizens to call, text or even tweet for help.
Read full articleExperts Say Recent Deaths of Mentally Ill Highlight Need for Police Officer Training
July 10, 2012Deadly encounters between law enforcement officers and persons suffering from mental illness are not a new phenomenon. … Calling the police is sometimes the worst thing someone can do when dealing with a mentally ill person, according to Dave Meyer, a professor in the Institute of Psychiatry, Law and the Behavioral Sciences at the USC Keck School of Medicine.
Read full articleSurveillance Requests to Cellphone Carriers Surge
July 9, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for consumers’ cellphone records in 2011, a surge over previous years that reflected the increasingly gray area between privacy and technology.
Read full articleIf You Can Predict It, You Can Prevent it!
May 23, 2012We had an officer involved-shooting last night at my agency. We have them on occasion, but last night [Wednesday, May…
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