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Sheriff's department takes neighborhood watch to Web
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A new Web site launched by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department is taking neighborhood watch into the digital age. The Web site is especially useful for residents in unincorporated areas or in cities that contract out to the sheriff's department
for police services. Crimemapping.com provides information on the number of types of crime reported to the sheriff's department. Users can customize it so only certain types of crime are shown, and there's a feature where residents can sign up for e-mail alerts when a crime happens in their neighborhood. More
Las Vegas shooting prompts nationwide review of courthouse security
The Associated Press via the Los Angeles Times
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Federal authorities will conduct a nationwide review of courthouse security after a gunman killed a courthouse officer and wounded a deputy marshal in Las Vegas. Michael Prout, a security official with the U.S.
Marshals Service, told The Associated Press his agency will scrutinize safety measures at more than 400 federal facilities around the country. Prout said many federal courthouses and other buildings do not have the kind of modern security checkpoints in place at the Las Vegas building.
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U.S. orders crackdown on tribal crime
The Wall Street Journal
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The Justice Department ordered prosecutors in 33 states to step up their efforts to combat persistently high violent crime on Indian reservations, particularly offenses against women and children. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the initiative after his deputy, David Ogden, issued a memo to federal prosecutors in those areas instructing them to do more to fight tribal crime -- a problem the Justice Department has long been accused of ignoring. While the
nationwide crime rate continues to fall, statistics show American Indians are the victims of violent crime at more than twice the national rate -- and some tribes have murder rates against women 10 times greater than the national average.
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Budget cuts force tough choices on court security
The Associated Press via ABC News
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On many days, the metal detectors sit silent at the busiest courthouse in Maine. People arriving for everything from child custody hearings to murder trials walk through the machines without a beep. The detectors are off because the court can't pay for officers to run them. With the recession prompting steep cuts to state and
local budgets, courts around the country are facing the tough decision of whether to reduce court services or cut back on security. For many, it's a disturbing choice in a post-9/11 world.
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Language barrier adds burden for HPD, public
Houston Chronicle
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Police officers arriving at a murder scene at a north side apartment complex could not speak Spanish to the residents, so a cameraman
from a local TV station translated until bilingual officers arrived hours later. It is a situation that plays out across Houston several times a week as officers who speak only English rely on wrecker drivers, bystanders or victims' children to act as translators if bilingual officers are not available. Despite a Houston Police Department program that pays $1.9 million annually in extra pay to 1,046 bilingual-certified officers, there are frequent situations when officers cannot speak with
the residents they serve.
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Lawmaker may seek federal oversight of California cops
The Associated Press via The New York Times
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A California congresswoman said she's alarmed by the number of people killed by police in the Southern California city of
Inglewood and will look into getting a federal court to oversee the department. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, said she will inquire into a possible federal consent decree in the wake of U.S. Justice Department findings that the Inglewood department's use-of-force policies are vague, outdated and possibly unconstitutional.
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Q&A: Court security with author and expert Lt. Jimmie
Barrett
SecurityInfoWatch.com
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In advance of next week's webinar on Securing America's Justice Courts and in light of the recent shootings at the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Las Vegas, we caught up with Lt. Jimmie Barrett to
discuss safety and security at our nation's courts. Barrett is the author of Protecting Court: A Practitioner's Guide to Court Security, and is the Court Security Supervisor for the Sheriff's Office of Arlington County, Va. He provides court security and judicial threat management training through the Virginia Center of Policing Innovation.
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Supreme Court to hear case on federal prisoners kept beyond sentences
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that tests the federal government's power to keep convicted sex offenders behind bars after they have served out their prison terms. Currently, 84 such
prisoners are indefinitely confined for treatment at a federal prison in North Carolina. Five of them are challenging the law under which they have been detained with no end in sight. Congress authorized such indefinite civil commitments for the first time in 2006 for sexual offenders who have completed their prison terms.
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Alternate fuels eyed for sheriff's fleet
The Daily Mail
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One of the biggest projects Greene County Sheriff Greg Seeley is hoping to tackle is converting the county’s fleet of law enforcement vehicles to alternative fuels, which would enable them to run on either propane or traditional gasoline. The switch is a cost-saving measure, and would offer the driver the option of using either fuel
at the touch of a button. Other sheriff’s departments around the country have already converted some of their vehicles to the new technology — and haven’t looked back.
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Teen gets at least 53 years in carjacking of Windsor police officer
Detroit Free Press
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A Detroit teenager was sentenced to at least 53 years in prison for the carjacking last year of an off-duty Windsor police officer. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Jackson ordered David Laston to serve consecutive sentences for attempted carjacking, assault with intent to murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. The firearm violation carries a mandatory two-year term which must be
served before he starts his 20- to 40-year sentence on the carjacking offense. The assault sentence of 31–50 years will begin when he has served the two other sentences.
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Woman sentenced to apologize to officer with sign
WESH
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A woman accused of shoving a police
officer outside a downtown Orlando nightclub has been ordered to stand in front of the Orlando Police Department with a sign that says, "I battered a police officer. I was wrong. I apologize." Alexandra Espinosa-Amay, 24, is accused of pushing Orlando Police officer, Sgt. Andrew Brennan in the face with her palm and knocking off his glasses.
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