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As 2018 comes to a close, we would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of The Academy Insider a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Tuesday, Jan. 8.
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Military.com
From Jan. 24: After a year in which the Coast Guard made a record number of maritime drug interdictions and sent unprecedented numbers of drug smugglers to the United States to stand trial, the service is considering the possibility of investing in a platform that would do nothing but hold detainees until they can be transported to the mainland. Last November, The New York Times published an investigative story decrying the conditions under which suspected smugglers are held aboard Coast Guard vessels, sometimes for weeks or months at a time.
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Futurism
From May 22: The biggest growing trend among criminals? Using drones. Defense One reports that FBI agents were monitoring a hostage situation involving organized crime at an undisclosed location last winter. To confuse the agents, the gang used a swarm of small drones to repeatedly fly close to their heads at high speeds, forcing them out of their hiding spot.
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Today
From Jan. 24: In the United Kingdom, development is underway on drones that could be used to search for people lost at sea. Watch as NBC's Keir Simmons puts the new technology to the test firsthand.
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WVEC-TV
From March 16: It's the biggest case of boater certificate fraud ever in Virginia according to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. They said one Portsmouth man is behind the entire thing. Captain Chris Thomas with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said 24 people paid Richard C. Harrell for his offer on Craigslist to take the test for them and send them the certificate.
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National Geographic
From March 20: Ocean conservationists from watchdog group Oceana are hunting for illegal fishing activity, and one new method they are exploring for catching offenders is satellite data. The data comes from a monitoring network called the Automatic Identification System, or AIS. AIS was established so large ships could broadcast their locations and avoid collisions.
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By Mark S. Miller
From Jan. 17: Scholars have written numerous articles on leadership. Many of these articles center on the traits of a leader, actions or responses of a leader or even why some consider one individual a great leader over another. Was it their time in history — being in the right place at the right time? Was it their extensive training, or lack thereof, that enabled them to persevere through the challenges they faced? Or was it plain old "good luck" that helped them through?
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PoliceOne.com
From March 8: The number of viral videos of police encounters has skyrocketed in recent years, bringing with it national scrutiny about officer conduct and agency policies.
Some of these videos have justly highlighted improper and unprofessional officer behavior, while others have shown officers acting within their legal authority, but in a way that draws negative public response.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
From April 24: An Erie County, Pennsylvania boater who claims that an illegal stop by state Fish and Boat Commission authorities violated his Constitutional rights will face a panel of Pennsylvania Superior Court justices in Pittsburgh. Fred Karash of Erie claims he was boating on Lake Erie in May, 2017, when Fish and Boat Conservation officers stopped his vessel, boarded and inspected it.
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The Buffalo News
From April 4: Thanks to its proximity to the Niagara River and the Erie Canal, the city of Tonawanda Police Department's marine division is in prime position to respond quickly to water emergencies with its $250,000 rescue boat. Only one thing prevents that from happening: easy access to the boat, which is kept at a nearby dock and brought to the police department when it is needed. But that awkward situation might be changing.
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