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Stonegarden Funding Critical, Say Sheriff, Police Department
the Nogales International Share    
Operation Stonegarden, the federal program that funnels money
to border law enforcement agencies recently came under fire for handing
out $165 million with purported lack of oversight and unclear goals.
After a seven-month investigation, two reporters from the Arizona Daily
Star wrote that the program offers "little tracking of how the money is
spent, no clear objective and no benchmarks for success." In Santa Cruz
County, Ariz., Sheriff Antonio Estrada
sees Stonegarden funds as a
long-overdue reimbursement to local law agencies that cope with crimes
unique to the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Everything that spills over the border is a federal responsibility,"
Estrada said. "We don't have the budget to deal with federal issues,
but we're confronted with them on a daily basis. It’s a little too much
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Georgia Sheriffs Hunt for Badges
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Clayton County Sheriff's fugitive squad usually hunts bad guys. Now they are hunting their own badges.
The deputies are searching for more than 100 sheriff's badges on the streets of Georgia and in the possession of people who aren’t legally allowed to carry them.
"We've only gotten one back," said Lt. Brian Crisp, commander of the fugitive
squad.
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Gangs Use Cell Phones and Social Media Networks to Coordinate Crime
the Contra Costa Times
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These days, social networking sites and cell phones are not just a place to catch up with friends.
Gangs in
Southern California are using them to orchestra crime, commit fraud and traffic drugs.
The issue is so severe at California Institution for Men in Chino, that Lt. Thomas Goetz said he has assigned two staff members to try to eliminate the use of prepaid disposable phones in the prison.
"The cell phones have become a communication tool between inside and outside gang members that we can't circumvent," he said. The main problem for prisons is that there is no way to trace the information that is
being relayed in the phone calls, unlike land lines which can be monitored, he said.
It's getting to the point that gangs are circumventing all our investigations because of these media outlets," said John Santos, special agent with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Special Services Unit.
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New York Is Set for Strict Stand on D.W.I. Cases
The New York Times
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New York State would make it a felony to drive while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle and would require first-time convicted drunken drivers to buy a device that prevents them from driving their cars if they have been drinking, under a bill passed by the State Assembly. The
measure, which would significantly toughen penalties for drunken driving, could soon be passed by the Senate and sent to the governor.
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Police Using New Tool to Track Purchases of Meth Making Ingredients
WAVE
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Every year, police and federal drug officials destroy thousands of methamphetamine labs. Not only do these labs produce a powerfully addictive drug, but they also endanger the safety of the surrounding community. Now, the state of Kentucky is using a new tool to fight it.
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Trucker Program Attracts Mexican Drug Smugglers
Fox News
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A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.
Most trucks enrolled in the program pause at the border for just 20 seconds before entering the United States. And nine out of 10 of them do so without anyone looking at their cargo.
But among the small fraction of trucks that are inspected,
authorities have found multiple loads of contraband, including nearly 13 tons of marijuana seized in a three-week period last spring.
Some experts now question whether the program makes sense in an environment where drug traffickers are willing to do almost anything to smuggle their shipments into the U.S.
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Market for Police Cars Getting Competitive
The Indianapolis Star
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Suddenly, there is an all-out war among automakers for the next generation of police cars.
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and startup Carbon Motors are racing to build a new, high-tech police car that would succeed the Ford Crown Victoria Interceptor, which is being revamped after years as the nation's top selling police car.
But how the
war plays out could determine the fate of Connersville, Ind., a struggling city that has lost 8,000 industrial jobs in the past 20 years and is hoping to become the police car capital of the world.
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New Visitors Center Makes Leavenworth Prison is More Welcoming of Visitors
The Kansas City Star
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When the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., went from maximum to medium security in 2005, the storied prison encountered a problem not faced in its 100-plus
years.
People wanted inside.
The lack of more than rudimentary procedures for visitors to enter the prison had not been much of an issue as a maximum security facility. However, a recent overhaul of the visitor system changed this situation.
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The International Association of Chiefs of
Police (IACP Highway Safety Committee), in cooperation with the 3M Traffic Safety Systems Division, established this program to recognize officers whose observations of a license plate resulted in the apprehension of a suspect or the solution of a crime. To apply or learn more...
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