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Texas sheriff seeks extra training on handling mentally ill
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San Jacinto County, Texas, authorities are considering extra mental health training for dispatchers and deputies to prevent tragedies like the one months ago that ended with a paranoid schizophrenic taking his own life after killing three family
members. None of the deputies or dispatchers involved in the Nov. 7, incident had any training beyond basic crisis intervention that is required by the state, recently released records showed. Only one deputy in the sheriff's department had any additional mental health training. More
Sheriffs differ on concealed carry permits
Minnesota Public Radio
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Sheriffs gave permits to carry concealed handguns in public to nearly 22,000 Minnesotans last year. They said 'no' to 374 applicants. Sheriffs said those people had records of domestic abuse, driving while drunk, theft, arson, assault, or being suicidal. But 55 of those people now have permits to carry guns. They appealed and their denials were overturned.
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Orange County, Calif., sheriff's deputies drop lawsuit over early inmate release
The Associated Press via the San Jose Mercury News
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A union for Orange County sheriff's deputies has dropped a lawsuit challenging the early release
of inmates. The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs says it will instead lobby the state Legislature to change the new law allowing the releases. The association's move comes after a Superior Court judge last month denied the deputies' request for an injunction to block the early releases.
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Deputy part-time work rule changed
The San Antonio Express-News
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Bexar County, Texas, deputies who provide security for bars and nightclubs will have to moonlight
elsewhere because of a new sheriff's department policy that took effect this month. The policy, implemented March 1 on orders of Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz, prohibits deputies from working part time for establishments that generate more than 50 percent of their sales from alcohol. The rule change comes little more than a month after an off-duty deputy shot and killed a man outside a North Side bar in January.
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Police agencies seeking more bilingual cops
The Associated Press
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Police departments across the country are stepping up efforts to recruit officers who can speak more than one language, in some cases offering raises or even sending cops abroad as part of immersion programs. Police chiefs hope the investment pays off by
improving service to immigrant communities and easing fear of officers in those areas.
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High tech ear cameras help police fight crime
WLWT
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Some Cincinnati police officers are getting a chance to try some cutting-edge crime fighting technology. The District One officers are using ear cameras to capture everything they see while on duty. The program is even
garnering some national attention. It's called the Taser Axon and 10 Cincinnati officers have them on loan from the manufacturer, Taser International. Commanders said the cameras are especially useful when investigating whether the use of force in some cases was justified.
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Forensics: Bacteria on your fingertips could identify you
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We all have bacteria growing on our skin — lots of bacteria. Now, scientists have shown that the kind and number of bacteria growing on our fingertips can be used to distinguish one person from another. And these differences could be used as a forensic tool, since we leave behind
some of these bacteria when we touch things, and those bacteria can be used for identity purposes. Most of the time, the DNA used for legal evidence is human DNA. But scientists in Colorado think DNA evidence from bacteria may someday finds its way into the courtroom.
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Break the law and your new 'friend' may be the FBI
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The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information,
according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime-fighting. Think you know who's behind that "friend" request? Think again. Your new "friend" just might be the FBI.
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Hot pursuit: Competition heats up for police cars
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Ford Motor Co. wants to remain the top gun in the U.S. police car market with a new cruiser due out next year, but its competitors are in hot pursuit. Ford revealed its new Police Interceptor sedan last week. The car, based on the Ford Taurus, will replace the Crown Victoria-based cruiser at the end of 2011. It's not a car for the faint of heart. The Police Interceptor has anti-stab plates built into the front seats to protect occupants from attacks, vinyl
rear seats and floors that can be hosed down and available bulletproof doors. It's built to withstand a 75-mile-per-hour rear crash.
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