The U.S. strategy to prevent homegrown violent extremism through community policing holds promise, but faces significant challenges and needs reforms, according to a new report from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland ...
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2016
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Mark Iris is arming police departments around the country with a novel crime-fighting tool—advanced data analyses and potentially life-saving intelligence derived by a group of Northwestern University undergraduates.
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2015
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It's every parent's nightmare. You lose track of your 4-year-old at a playground, and the next thing you know, and you're running around, frantically asking people if they've seen your child.
Software
Nov 19, 2015
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Police departments, like everyone else, would like to be more effective while spending less. Given the tremendous attention to big data in recent years, and the value it has provided in fields ranging from astronomy to medicine, ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 16, 2015
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Police officers and firefighters are leveraging big data to do their jobs more efficiently and more accurately.
Business
Oct 6, 2015
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The Department of Justice awarded $19.3 million in grants Monday to dozens of police departments seeking to start using body cameras but turned down a greater number of applicants hoping for federal aid to deploy the technology.
Other
Sep 22, 2015
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Less-lethal weapons are drawing new interest as a series of fatal police shootings have sparked outrage and protests around the country.
Other
Aug 25, 2015
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The size of a community's police force is a greater predictor for police misconduct than its ethnic diversity, according to researchers from Florida International University and Montana State University.
Internet
Jul 21, 2015
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Two ASU criminology and criminal justice professors are the primary authors of a new online tool kit for police departments nationwide to implement the use of body-worn video cameras.
Other
May 20, 2015
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It's a chilling moment: A message appears on a computer screen, saying the files are encrypted and the only way to access them is by paying a ransom.
Security
Apr 8, 2015
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