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Iris scans may prevent mistaken release of inmates
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A Baltimore inmate who bluffed his way out of prison probably wouldn't have tricked guards if they had eye-scanners such as those being installed at dozens of jails nationwide. The federal government is paying for the scanners as part of an effort to build a nearly
foolproof identification system to put a stop to such escapes. More
Have you seen the new Deputy and Court Officer magazine?
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As a deputy or other law enforcement officer, you understand the importance of being informed, knowledgeable, and up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends relating to law enforcement. The National Sheriffs'
Association has recently released a publication dedicated to deputy and law enforcement officers who are on the street called Deputy and Court Officer.
Deputy and Court Officer focuses on:
- Presenting deputies in their many faceted roles, as street patrol, court officers, corrections officers, civil process, and warrant officers to name a few
- Providing product reviews to support the deputy to better do his/her job
- Providing employment
opportunities
- Providing scholarship opportunities and educational opportunities
Receive a free copy by contacting Susan Crow at scrow@sheriffs.org.
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It's time to register for NSA's Annual Conference
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Registration is open for NSA's Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., from June 25-30, 2010. Click here for more information and to register.
Training opportunities available
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NSA is currently offering two training opportunities: Comprehensive Emergency Planning for Jails in Mobile, Alabama and Duty to Protect in Charleston, South Carolina. For more information, go to www.sheriffs.org.
Sheriff wants to evaluate deputies' pay
Ocala Star-Banner
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Marion County, Fla., Sheriff Ed Dean has hired a management consultant to assess his agency's salary structure to determine who gets a better deal: his deputies or county firefighters. And if it turns out to be the
firefighters, Dean has promised to make good to his staff — although that might take time. In a two-page letter issued to his 845 employees and other county officials, Dean acknowledged that recent news reports about county employee salaries had sparked "talk among the troops" about raises.
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In prisons, tobacco now contraband
The Columbus Dispatch
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A year after Ohio prisons instituted a cold-turkey smoking ban, taxpayers can expect to shell out a little less for medical care for inmates suffering from emphysema and other respiratory diseases. But the ban - which includes chewing tobacco and snuff - also gave birth to a lucrative contraband market in state prisons. Sources said tobacco has become as valuable as marijuana, with a single cigarette selling for $10, a pack of cigarettes going for $200 and a can of loose
tobacco for $300.
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Drug gangs taking over U.S. public lands
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Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate
them. Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, but Mexican traffickers have taken it to a whole new level: using armed guards and trip wires to safeguard sprawling plots that in some cases contain tens of thousands of plants offering a potential yield of more than 30 tons of pot a year.
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Despite fatal wrecks, some officers don't wear seat belts
Houston Chronicle
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There's an open secret about seat belts at police departments. Many officers killed in line-of-duty car crashes aren't wearing them. Dozens of officers across the country have died in crashes while not wearing seat belts in recent years — at least 64 between 2004 and 2008 alone, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data analyzed for the Houston Chronicle. About 40 percent of officers killed in wrecks
during that time period weren't buckled up, the analysis showed.
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Offender tracking with GPS has flaws
The Boston Globe
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Over the past five years, as technology has provided judges new sentencing options, the number of convicts in Massachusetts ordered to wear monitoring devices using a global positioning system has risen to more than
1,000, many of whom might otherwise be serving time behind bars. The increasing number wearing such electronic ankle bracelets has saved the state money by reducing the need to feed and house them in prisons, but recent events underscore how the GPS tracking devices remain an imperfect substitute for incarceration. They allow authorities to monitor an offender's whereabouts, but they do not prevent crime, especially when their plastic straps can be removed with a few snips of a scissors.
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States using early release of prisoners to save money
New Jersey News Room
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Budget-driven efforts to speed prisoner releases and save states money have touched off political debates across the country this year, a major election year in which lawmakers in 46
states face reelection and no candidate wants to be labeled "soft on crime." The debates have raged even in places where inmates have been released just days earlier than they ordinarily would have been.
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Police fight crime using social networking
Turnto10.com
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Social networking, texting and
Twitter—It's not just for keeping in touch with friends. The Rehoboth, Mass., Police Department has begun to use new technology to help ensure information gets out to town residents as fast as possible by text messages and emails. It's called Nixle, and described as a community information exchange.
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Border Patrol seizes $4.7 Million worth of marijuana
Imperial Valley Weekly
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Over a two day span, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized more than 5,900 pounds of marijuana valued at approximately $4.7 million. A few of the most significant seizures included in the total over the past two
days were attributed to the Ajo Station All-Terrain Vehicle Unit who confiscation of 772 pounds; Casa Grande agents’ seizure of 431 pounds recovered from a hidden compartment in a vehicle; and agents assigned to the Tucson Station discovering an additional 239 pounds during a vehicle stop.
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South Carolina prison department expects $29M budget deficit
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford balked at ordering the early release of nonviolent inmates to ease a $29 million deficit at the Department of Corrections. Instead, he said there needed to be consensus among all three branches of state government before any prisoners are set free
early. The governor's comments came during the state Budget and Control Board meeting. The panel cleared the way for the prisons agency to spend more money than it has. It's the third time in three years the prisons agency has run short of cash as budget cuts have taken a toll on its operations.
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EmFinders caregiver service enables emergency responders to use the existing national 911 system to rapidly locate and recover wandering and critically missing adults and children. MORE |
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The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) have exclusively endorsed The Response Network's as their In-Service Online Training partner. Your
personnel can now access superior, self-paced, online training courses developed by nationally known subject matter experts at the low price of just $74.95 per year per officer.
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