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Drug Smugglers are Endlessly Creative Along Mexican Border
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A pickup truck in Mexico pulls up to the 5-foot vehicle barriers that make up part of the
multibillion-dollar border fence. A retractable ramp is extended from the truck, forming a bridge up and over the barriers.
Then, a second pickup -- this one loaded with a ton of marijuana -- rolls over the bridge and into the U.S.
With gadgetry such as custom-built ramps as well as ultralight planes, false doors and good old-fashioned duct tape, smugglers have demonstrated unbounded creativity when it comes to sneaking drugs across the Mexican border. And the U.S. government acknowledges
there is only so much it can do to stop the flow. MORE
Inmates Rescue Sheriff's Deputy in Jail Attack
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A Hillsborough County Detention Deputy was nearly killed in a jail house attack that was caught on tape in
Florida. Deputy Ken Moon was the only guard in a pod at the Orient Road Jail with 62 inmates when the attack occurred.
Video of the incident shows inmate Douglas Burden charging the deputy and putting him in a strangle hold. All of a sudden, the video shows a second inmate enter the picture, slamming the attacker and the deputy to the ground.
Jail Commander Jim Previtera said "I am certain he would have been killed if the inmates hadn't come to help."
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California Sheriff's Helicopters Track Suspects with Heat-seeking Cameras
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It radiates off sweaty suspects hiding in sheds or beneath bridges, exhausted hikers who have
been missing for days in the desert and simmering brush in the aftermath of a wildfire.
Appearing in hazy white forms on a monitor inside the San Bernardino County Sheriff's helicopters, the pilot and flight officer can pinpoint the exact location of all living things, or heating, thousands of feet below.
"It saves thousands of man hours," said aviation Sgt. Mitch Dattilo. "It's our bread and butter because we can search an area effectively and quickly, which saves what would take a team of
guys on the ground doing a grid search."
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Clandestine Labs Can Be Hazardous to Responders' Health
Officer.com
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Clandestine laboratories present huge hazards for all responders who encounter them. Police risk injury and illness responding to the crime scene or investigating suspicious activities. Arthur Musselman, a hazardous materials specialist for the Georgia Police Academy, Drug Training Section, gave a presentation on clandestine laboratory
safety and awareness for first responders at the 2009 EMS Expo/Firehouse Central/Enforcement Expo Southeast in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Musselman's thoughts on the subject are outlined in the linked article.
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New Technology, Police Efforts Stall Auto Thefts in Colorado
the Denver Post
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Car owners buy glass-etching paste to burn their VIN permanently onto every window.
Rural sheriffs plant GPS tracking devices on farm tractors or four-wheelers left out as bait for machinery thieves.
Metro Denver cops drive cars with computerized license-plate readers that can sweep an entire grocery-store parking lot for stolen vehicles in a matter of seconds.
And it's all working.
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San Jose Police Will be First to Use Ear-Mounted Video Cameras to Record Arrests
the San Jose Mercury News
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The San Jose Police Department will be the first law enforcement agency in the country to use new ear-mounted video and audio recorders on the job in November, and police say they will provide a new window into arrests and other situations.
The portable AXON cameras, made by Taser
International, are expected to be given to 72 San Jose officers in late November or early December, police said. The cameras can record an officer's point of view for up to 10 1/2 hours, and police say the devices will help officers write more accurate reports and aid officers if their actions are called in to question.
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Police Academies are Thriving in Recession
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Though the economy is showing signs of rebounding, unemployment in St. Louis topped 10 percent in September. So the job outlook for those eligible to become police officers may be just as tough as in other industries, said Anne Winkler, professor of economics and public policy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
"You're going to have a lot of people competing
for a limited number of spots," Winkler said.
Last year, Missouri licensed 1,355 academy graduates to become police officers, a 46 percent increase from 2004. Through last week, the state already has issued 1,311 licenses this year.
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Florida Cops Have New Weapon to Fight Germs
the Orlando Sentinel via PressSmart
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The latest weapon carried by Sanford police officers doesn't fire bullets and wouldn't do much damage if they
hit you with it.
But the device they now carry in their shirt pocket sprays a mist that might protect the officers in the event they are exposed to harmful bacteria or viral germs.
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Hundreds Arrested in Kentucky Prescription Crackdown
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More than 300 people were arrested and 200 more targeted in a
crackdown on a multi-state prescription pill pipeline, a bust that Kentucky officials said was the largest in the state's history.
Police officers fanning out across mostly eastern Kentucky this week had arrested 322 people by midafternoon on Oct. 29 in pursuit of about 500 suspects who face charges related to illegal trafficking of prescription drugs, officials said at a news conference.
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Study: Recidivism Rate Cut in Half By Re-entry Classes
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For jail inmates, going through an eight-week re-entry program before being released can make a big difference in whether they wind up back in jail. The efficacy of the New Beginnings Transitional Re-entry program was confirmed in a newly released study, conducted by The University of
Virginia's Ann Loper and Kathryn Scheffel Fraser. "It shows that intervention in jail has some effect," says Loper. "There is some advantage to giving intervention and attention to inmates during that time they’re in jail."
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The Success of Law-Enforcement Led Safety Initiatives
the Echo Press
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Safety efforts can -- and do -- work.
They’re not just "feel good" efforts. They can show real results.
Consider the "Toward Zero Deaths" (TZD) initiative -- a Minnesota partnership led by the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation, and
the Department of Health, in cooperation with the Minnesota State Patrol, the Federal Highway Administration, Minnesota county engineers, and the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Their mission is a lofty one: to create a culture for which traffic fatalities and serious injuries are no longer acceptable. To do this, several methods are being employed, from coordination between departments, media efforts, and a $6,000 "radar speed trailer."
Already there are signs
the effort is paying off.
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