Seattle police ask for phone diet during Saturday parade
Seattle's annual Torchlight Parade is this Saturday, and Seattle police have an unusual message for people planning to go watch the parade.
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NYPD seeks to engage with 'Twitter school,' blog
As city officials work to soften the New York Police Department's image and change how officers engage with citizens through reforms and training, part of the effort is happening online.
Internet
Dec 31, 2014
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Researchers develop new statistical test that shows racial profiling in police traffic stops
By analyzing data from 4.5 million traffic stops in 100 North Carolina cities, Stanford researchers have found that police in that state are more likely to search black and Hispanic motorists, using a lower threshold of suspicion, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2016
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Possible meteorite crashes into New Jersey home, no injuries
A metallic object believed to be a meteorite punched a hole in the roof of a central New Jersey home this week, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom. The family who owns the home discovered the black, ...
Space Exploration
May 9, 2023
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Ford says hybrid police car catches bad guys, saves gas too
The next time the cops chase you down for speeding, they could be driving a fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 10, 2017
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Public police are a greedy institution
The ongoing calls from communities to defund public police, that grew louder following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020, have raised several crucial questions.
Economics & Business
May 25, 2022
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Report calls for better police-family partnership in the search for missing people
Better communication between the police and families of missing people is one of the key recommendations of a new report from the University of Glasgow.
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2013
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Red flag laws saved 7,300 Americans from gun deaths in 2020 alone—and could have saved 11,400 more
Lawmakers in Congress are poised to pass the first gun control legislation in three decades. Among the elements in that legislation is support for states to pass what are called "red flag laws."
Political science
Jun 23, 2022
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58 held in Philippines over global 'sextortion' ring
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet "sextortion" network, local police and Interpol announced on Friday.
Internet
May 2, 2014
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A new, cheap and fast IT system predicts crimes better organizes police shifts
Scientists from the Spanish National Police Corps (CNP) and from the University of Granada (UGR) have developed an IT system based in mathematical algorithms which allows to predict how many and what type of crimes are going ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
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