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• Suspect in Hit-And-Run Death of 9-Year-Old Girl Located Using LPR Data

  31-03-2016 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vigilant Solutions announced today that a state law enforcement agency used historical and commercially available license plate reader data to locate and arrest a suspect in the fatal hit-and-run death of a 9-year-old-girl. Due to sensitivities involved with this case, the agency has requested that identifying details in the case not be released.A 9-year-old girl was holding her mother's hand as they crossed the street when she was struck by a sport-utility vehicle turning into an intersection a
  
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• MPH Industries Introduces the StreetScout Speed Trailer

  31-03-2016 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MPH Industries' StreetScout is the newest addition to the company's speed trailer product line. The StreetScout is designed and engineered for use in cities, suburban, and rural applications. At only 400 pounds and 4-feet square (not including tongue), the StreetScout is easy to tow and set up by one person in most cases. The smaller size fits applications where a larger trailer is not practical.Compact and highly visibleWhen in use with a MUTCD-compliant speed sign, the trailer stands at 6 feet
  
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• Video: Virginia Trooper Suffers Life-Threatening Wounds in Bus Station Shooting, Gunman Dead

  31-03-2016 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Virginia Trooper Suffers Life-Threatening Wounds in Bus Station Shooting, Gunman DeadA Virginia State Police spokesperson says that the suspect is dead and a trooper has life-threatening injuries after a shooting at the Richmond Greyhound station Thursday afternoon. Some sources say the trooper has died, but State Police will not confirm.Spokeswoman Corinne Geller says a suspect opened fire on an officer at the station around 2:45 p.m. Two nearby troopers then shot the suspect, who d
  
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• Video: Man with Rifle Fatally Shot by South Carolina Deputies

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  VIDEO: Man with Rifle Fatally Shot by South Carolina DeputiesA Greenville County (SC) Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who pointed at rifle at him Tuesday night.Sheriff Steve Loftis says the deputy was investigating an assault report around 7:30 p.m., when Robert Morgan Garrison, Jr., 51, of Piedmont, came out with a knife and gun.Loftis then says the deputy called for backup. Garrison was ordered repeatedly to put the rifle down but Loftis says Garrison did not comply with the d
  
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• Sheriff Links California Prison Reduction Law to Ballooning Las Vegas Crime Rate

  31-03-2016 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Depopulation in California jails and gang members moving to the Las Vegas Valley might be contributing to the rise in violent crime, according to Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo.There’s a “plethora” of reasons why the valley might be experiencing a hike, Lombardo said during an editorial meeting with the Las Vegas Sun, but Metro has had an increase of interactions with California gang members during arrests and investigations.“That influx is directly related to, I be
  
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• Man Punched Pennsylvania Officer and Yelled "Black Lives Matter"

  31-03-2016 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police say a man punched a suburban Pittsburgh officer who was sitting in a parked police cruiser then yelled "Black Lives Matter" as he was taken into custody in Bellevue, PA.Twenty-three-year-old Domenick Hoy has been jailed on aggravated assault, resisting arrest and other charges pending a preliminary hearing April 7.Bellevue police WTAE TV Hoy was running and screaming toward the officer's car as it was parked across from the police station on Thursday night. When the officer rolled down hi
  
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• FBI to Help Unlock Arkansas Murder Victim's iPhone

  31-03-2016 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In what might be a landmark decision for state and local law enforcement, the FBI has agreed to unlock an iPhone and iPod in an Arkansas murder case—a decision that will likely have agencies all over the country asking for help in similar cases.The FBI announced, on Friday, that it had successfully bypassed the encryption on the iPhone belonging to Syed Farook, the terrorist who died after killing 14 people in San Bernardino in December. The agency has been tightlipped on the exact pr
  
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• Dispatcher Son Honors Retiring Police Sergeant Father on Final Code 3 Call

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  VIDEO: Dispatcher Son Honors Retiring Police Sergeant Father on Final Code 3 CallAfter 28 years on the job, Salem City (NJ) Police Sgt. Douglas Hogate Sr., Badge # 612 called in his final Code 3.The next voice he heard was county dispatcher Douglas Hogate Jr who responded, "It is my honor to acknowledge this Code 3 to the greatest man I know." 
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• 252 Fallen LEOs to be Honored During 28th Annual Candlelight Vigil on May 13

  31-03-2016 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund released the roll call of names of 252 U.S. law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. These names will be engraved next month and formally dedicated at the 28th annual Candlelight Vigil held on the National Mall (between 4th and 7th streets) on Friday, May 13th at 8:00 pm.Included in this list are the names of 123 officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2015 and 129 officers who were killed in prior years but had
  
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• Video: Minneapolis Relatively Quiet After Jamar Clark Shooting Decision

  31-03-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Minneapolis Relatively Quiet After Jamar Clark Shooting DecisionAfter Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s announcement Wednesday morning that no charges would be filed against police officers involved in the shooting death of Jamar Clark, supporters took to the streets of Minneapolis, last night demanding “Justice 4 Jamar.” The protests were relatively peaceful compared to the siege the city experienced for 18 days after the shooting.Activists planned several rallies
  
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• Minnesota Company Making Cellphone Pistol

  31-03-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Minnesota company is developing a two-shot, .380 ACP pistol that folds up to resemble a smartphone.Ideal Conceal plans to begin selling the pistol later this year for $395."Smartphones are everywhere, so your new pistol will easily blend in with today's environment," the company says on its website. "In its locked position, it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight." 
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• FLEOA Names Sheriff Clarke Law Enforcement Leader of the Year

  31-03-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, WS, was named the Law Enforcement Leader of the Year Award from the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Association Foundation (FLEOA)."I am both humbled and honored to receive this award and designation from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. I have been on a mission to defend American law enforcement officers nationwide against the slander and unfair maligning of their character, integrity, service and sacrifice.Attacks from cop-hatin
  
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• Auto Ordinance Offers Special 100th Anniversary "Chicago Typewriter"

  31-03-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When John T. Thompson first began researching a portable handheld automatic weapon in 1915 little did he know that he would be building an iconic weapon that would help the United States win World War II and be the tool of choice for 1930s law enforcement officers and gangsters. A century later, the iconic Thompson submachine gun is now available to the general market as the Thompson semi-automatic rifle and marketed as the "Chicago Typewriter."John T. Thompson was born in Newport, KY, on Decemb
  
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• GM Recalls Nearly 6,300 Police Cars for Steering Problem

  31-03-2016 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GM is recalling 6,280 2014-2016 MY Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicles (PPV) in the United States to replace the power steering gear assembly.Due to the extended idling times and elevated underhood temperatures experienced in typical police applications, these vehicles may experience loss of electric power steering assistance while driving or idling as a result of fretting corrosion on the connector between the electronic power steering module and the torque sensor.If power steering assist
  
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• What is the certification process for vendors?

  31-03-2016 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In short, there isn’t one. I wrote a whitepaper recently covering this topic, among other items. There is no central FBI-CJIS authorization body, no accredited pool of independent assessors, nor a standardized assessment approach to determining whether a particular solution is “FBI-CJIS compliant” nationally. To be FBI-CJIS compliant requires an individual evaluation and assessment by the government agency that contracts for that specific technology or cloud service. It is impo
  
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• To what types of data does the FBI-CJIS Security Policy apply? Does this differ for hosted solutions?

  31-03-2016 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Any data that is considered criminal justice information,  or CJI. In many cases this is very clear and well-defined such as data contained in a records management system or a facial recognition gallery made up of mugshots and the related criminal history. But, some forms of data such as license plate reader (LPR) data, the lines are not as clear. It is generally accepted that LPR detection data is NOT CJI as it is anonymous in nature (it is only the alphanumerics of the plate, time/date, a
  
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• What is the FBI-CJIS Security Policy?

  31-03-2016 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) created the FBI-Criminal Justice Information Services Division Security Policy (FBI-CJIS Security Policy) to provide authorized agencies with a security management structure for accessing, protecting and safeguarding Criminal Justice Information (CJI) information accessed or received from the FBI-CJIS system of services. While FBI-CJIS security policy compliance is not a certification or a cyber-rubber stamp of approval from the FBI, it does provide a se
  
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• Former Fort Worth Chief Establishes Nonprofit to Raise Money for Law Enforcement Agencies, Officers

  31-03-2016 19:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As he became increasingly aware of the difficulties experienced by local law enforcement agencies across the country, Jeff Halstead could not stand by and watch. Having served in law enforcement for more than 26 years, the former chief of police for Fort Worth, Texas, thoroughly understood the ways community safety is adversely impacted by a lack of support for the men and women in blue. Residents of some neighborhoods were not only not supportive of local officers but were even hostile toward t
  
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