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Norman Shiflett chosen as new Front Royal police chief
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Front Royal town officials announced the appointment Friday of Major-Chief Deputy Norman A. Shiflett of the Warren County Sheriff's Office as the town's new police chief. In brief remarks before a gathering of friends, family and fellow law enforcement officers, Shiflett thanked Sheriff Daniel T. McEathron "for the opportunities which have paved the road to [his] success and enabled [him] to be one of the finalists for this position." More

Texting while driving law and Virginia legislature criticized by Fairfax judge
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One night in May 2011, Jason Gage, an Alexandria man driving on a road in the Dranesville community of Fairfax County, struck and killed a college student named Kyle Rowley. Authorities later determined that Gage had probably opened a text message about the time of the crash. They charged him with reckless driving. But when the case went to trial in a Fairfax County court last month, Judge Thomas E. Gallahue ordered the charge against Gage dropped, his texting notwithstanding. More

Central Virginia police deal with challenge of hit-and-run wrecks
Richmond Times-Dispatch    Share   
The deaths of Lanie Kruszewski and Jeffrey Shawn Smith are two of four fatal hit-and-run incidents in Richmond this year, which police say is an unusually high number for the city. Richmond had one hit-and-run death last year and two in 2010. But those fatal accidents make up just a small fraction of the more than 1,700 hit and runs reported this year to Richmond police. That figure is up about 5 percent over last year. More

Virginia's online classes make it easy for out-of-state gun owners to get permits
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Virginia State Police issued 1,632 concealed-carry permits to nonresidents through the first half of 2012, topping the previous year's total of 1,321 nonresident permits. There was no corresponding increase in demand for resident permits, with just under half the previous year's number reached by mid-2012. However, state police note that the increase came after Virginia law was changed and coincides with online marketing campaigns targeting states that impose tougher training standards for their own permit applicants but also will honor Virginia's easy-to-obtain licenses. More

Fairfax County Police Department gets new, safer helicopters
Fairfax City Patch    Share   
The Fairfax County Police Department recently replaced its older helicopter units with two new Bell 429 helicopters. The Bell 429 helicopters have built-in safety redundancies such as twin engines IFR certification, which allows it to fly in foggy or low visibility weather by instruments only. These features will be safer for the pilots, the crew and residents and motorists on the ground, according to the police department. The new helicopters are able to get anywhere in Fairfax County in 6.5 minutes. More

14 futuristic crime-busting technologies just around the corner
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New technology is being developed every day to make criminal activities more difficult. From predicting crime before it happens to reading minds to new crime scene investigation tools, future criminals are going to have a difficult time getting away with anything. Here's a list of technology that will help fight crime in the future — maybe even the near-future. More