News tagged with police officers
White House seeks spectrium for public safety
(AP) -- The Obama administration is throwing its support behind a plan to give a valuable chunk of radio waves to police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers to build nationwide wireless broadband network ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Smart uses of mobile phone power
For the first time smart phones and tablet PCs could be used by police officers to help solve crimes faster and more cheaply.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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MSU leads first study of resiliency on the battlefield
In the first combat-zone study of its kind, a research team led by Michigan State University found that soldiers with a positive outlook in the most traumatic situations were less likely to suffer health problems such as ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Spanish experts demand better gender-equality training for the police
According to a new study by the University of Valencia (UV, Spain), "it is necessary to raise the awareness and level of training of the police in the area of violence against women". Researchers analysed ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Improving emergency evacuation planning with decision-making simulation
A unique disaster-response planning tool takes real-time human decision-making into account to determine effective law-enforcement strategies during evacuations. A University of Michigan researcher contributed to the development ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Providing body armor to all US police officers is worth the cost, study finds
Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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New technology for multi-tasking motorcycle officers
A motorcycle police officer on an urgent call faces huge information processing and decision-making demands. A new European research project aims to prevent potentially dangerous information overload.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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The legend of good cop/bad cop: Researchers study police work in South Africa
Corrupt, lazy, ignorant and too cowardly to chase criminals - these are among some of the most negative terms to have been applied to the police in South Africa, particularly by their fellow citizens. What ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Finding A Better Way To Interview Fraud Suspects
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fairer and more efficient method of interviewing those suspected of benefits fraud is being presented to international law enforcement officers by a University of Derby lecturer.
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Court takes up public employees' privacy case
(AP) -- The Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading racy text messages they sent on their employers' account.
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Night beat, overtime and a disrupted sleep pattern can harm officers' health
A police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good "night's" sleep.
Nov 17, 2009 |
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SKorean police: Hackers extracted data in attacks
(AP) -- Hackers extracted lists of files from computers that they contaminated with the virus that triggered cyberattacks last week in the United States and South Korea, police in Seoul said Tuesday.
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Police work undermines cardiovascular health, comparison to general population shows
It is well documented that police officers have a higher risk of developing heart disease: The question is why.
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Police with higher multitasking abilities less likely to shoot unarmed persons
In the midst of life-threatening situations requiring split-second decisions, police officers with a higher ability to multitask are less likely to shoot unarmed persons when feeling threatened during video simulations, a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officers
Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers, and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a study ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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