NSA and Americaneagle.com to Launch a New Neighborhood Watch Program Web Site
from Reuters
Americaneagle.com, a Web site design, development and hosting company, announced the launch of the newly redeveloped Neighborhood Watch Web site from NSA. Located at www.usaonwatch.org, Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and best known crime prevention concepts in North America. More

FBI Warns Police Departments After NYC Anti-Terror Raid
from The Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Counterterrorism officials are warning police departments around the country to be on the lookout for evidence of homemade bombs following raids on several New York City apartments in a hunt for explosives and possible links to al-Qaida operatives. More

Borders Come Into Focus Following 9/11
from The Deming Headlight
U.S. residents now live with tighter security since Sept. 11, 2001 -- at airports and other transportation depots, at government buildings and in other venues. Other security measures are seen in a tighter focus on borders, via increased and improved resources. "It's leaps and leaps and bounds in terms of border security," says Doug Mosier, spokesman for the El Paso Sector of the U.S Border Patrol. "That becomes most evident in the volume of resources, which includes more agents, more technology and more infrastructure." Technology, he says, is constantly evolving, especially in radar. More

Police Say Syringes Will Help Stop Drunk Driving
from The Associated Press via Yahoo! News
A select cadre of officers in Idaho and Texas have received training in recent months to draw blood from those suspected of drunken or drugged driving. The federal program's aim is to determine if blood draws by cops can be an effective tool against drunk drivers and aid in their prosecution. If the results seem promising after a year or two, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will encourage police nationwide to undergo similar training. More

Florida Medics a Crucial Part of SWAT Teams
from Officer.com
In Palm Beach County, SWAT medics can double as police officers. They go through the police academy, carry a Glock handgun and wear paramilitary green uniforms with ballistic vests. "You've got to be able to do several emergency procedures," said the retired John Hagg, a Sheriff's Office SWAT medic for nearly two decades. "You wouldn't want to have a new medic trying to figure out how to cut somebody's throat to put a tube in to breathe for them." More

Nonlethal Weapon Used on Pirates Deployed in California by Sheriff
from Security Management
A long range acoustic device, used to fend off Somali pirates, radical environmentalists, and Iraqi insurgents by their adversaries, was deployed by police recently at local political events in California. More

34 Charged in Craigslist Prostitution Sting
from ABC Action News
34 men and women have been arrested in an undercover prostitution sting called "Operation Hot Date." Polk County, Fla. Sheriff Grady Judd says undercover detectives talked to women who advertised themselves on Craigslist from Thursday through Saturday, September 10-12. More

N.H. Officials Seek to Stem Tide of Recidivism
from the Concord Monitor
Too many people are returning to New Hampshire's prisons. At a press conference, the heads of the state's legislative, judicial and executive branches announced a grant that will allow the state to conduct a thorough study of how to lower its recidivism rate. More

Prisons Chief Concerned About Swine Flu
from The Register-Herald
No one has been stricken yet, but Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein says the prospect of a swine flu outbreak behind prison walls is a concern in West Virginia. Rubenstein advised the Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority what steps he is taking regarding the swine flu that is sweeping the nation. More

Prison Dog Training Program Seems to Work for Everyone
from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
It is understandable that some victims may object to dog-training programs that bring prisoners joy, and mean a more pleasant work load than washing dishes or spreading road tar. But to society at large, the programs are a real benefit -- to the dogs, those who eventually adopt them and also to the prisoners, most of whom will one day be released back into society. More