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  • May 2008

    • Cops Can't Afford Gas Prices Either

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 26, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      Cops Can't Afford Gas Prices Either

      With gas prices near $4 a gallon, more US police are saving money by peddling around, the AP reports. One cop shop in Bedford, Va., for example, has saved up to 400 gallons of fuel per month by buying just 8 bikes. But the two-wheelers don't come cheap: With crime-stopping features like a silent hub, a police bike runs about $1,100. More »

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      oil price  • gas prices  • police  • police department  • bicycle

    • Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 9, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'

      Authorities have ordered 13 Philadelphia police officers involved in the videotaped beating of three black suspects off the streets, AP reports. The video shows the suspects being kicked, punched, and hit with nightsticks while appearing to offer no resistance. Rev. Al Sharpton compared the incident with the videotaped beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles. More »

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      Philadelphia  • Al Sharpton  • police department  • assault weapons

  • March 2008

    • Miami Hopes to Patrol Streets With Flying Spy Drones

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 26, 08 11:44 AM CDT

      Miami Hopes to Patrol Streets With Flying Spy Drones

      A flying spy drone may soon join the ranks of Miami's finest, pending FAA approval of the 14-pound bot. "Our intentions are to use it only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes," says a department spokesman. The US military has been using spy drones for years, reports Reuters, and police departments around the country are interested in pressing them into service. More »

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      Florida  • police  • Miami  • police department  • drones  • spy drones

  • February 2008

    • Cops Closing Doors on Cold Cases

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Feb 3, 08 11:15 AM CST

      Cops Closing Doors on Cold Cases

      Amid shrinking budgets and shifts in focus, US police departments are downsizing their cold-case divisions, USA Today reports. Federal funding for the units dropped 40% in 2007, and departments are reducing the hours devoted to long-unsolved cases—and even eliminating the positions entirely. Experts in the field worry that such measures leave murderers to roam free. More »

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      murder  • law enforcement  • police department  • violent crime  • cold cases

  • November 2007

    • LAPD Scraps Muslim Mapping Program

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 15, 07 6:22 AM CST

      LAPD Scraps Muslim Mapping Program

      Following a frenzy of controversy, the Los Angeles police department is scrapping its much-criticized plan to "map" Muslim communities. The department had hoped to pinpoint isolated Muslim communities in an attempt to identify problem hot spots. Critics said the plan was a form of religious profiling, and that it would be virtually impossible because the census does not collect religious information. More »

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      Los Angeles  • religion  • Islam  • Europe  • Muslims  • LAPD  • police department  • Muslim Americans

    • LAPD Plan to Map Muslims Raises Furor

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 10, 07 12:55 PM CST

      LAPD Plan to Map Muslims Raises Furor

      A plan by the LAPD to map Muslim communities in the city is drawing flak from civil libertarians and others who say it smacks of religious profiling, the LA Times reports. Police officials, though, defend the plan as a way to help them reach out to Muslims through social services. Beyond the civil rights objections, critics say the logistics of such an effort are too daunting to pay off. More »

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      Los Angeles  • Muslims  • LAPD  • police department  • American Muslims  • racial profiling

  • August 2007

    • Single-Officer Police Force May Be Cut

      newser  |  Corsicana Daily Sun  |  Aug 14, 07 6:54 PM CDT

      Single-Officer Police Force May Be Cut

      Dawson, Texas, has one police officer, and that may be one too many. Almost a tenth of the town's 800 residents attended a meeting where eliminating the department altogether was discussed. In general, however, the crowd seemed to support Nicole McMahan—the single officer—although the department was attacked as too expensive. More »

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      Texas  • police  • police department

  • May 2007

    • LAPD Chief Orders Elite Officers Retrained

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 7, 07 8:42 AM CDT

      LAPD Chief Orders Elite Officers Retrained

      Citing "things that shouldn't have been done," LAPD Chief William Bratton apologized yesterday for the actions of an elite platoon that broke up a pro-immigration May Day rally and said the officers involved are off the streets and will be retrained. The officers' prestigious assignment is in jeopardy after police batons and projectiles injured both protesters and journalists. More »

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      Los Angeles  • immigration  • police  • LAPD  • police department  • rally  • William Bratton

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