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National Sheriffs’ Association Backs Holder Nomination from Media Newswire A strong endorsement from the National Sheriffs' Association highlights Holder's "outstanding record of public service in his role as a federal prosecutor, a trial judge, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and the Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Justice." The Association expressed its "strong support for the nomination of Eric Holder to be the Attorney General of the United States. We urge you to confirm his nomination without delay." More U.S. Marshals Won't Move State Inmates from The Associated Press via the Times Argus The U.S. Marshals Service is ending for now a program that allows states to move prisoners on its system of airplanes and buses, officials said. The decision could mean that state law enforcement agencies will have to pay more to extradite prisoners from other parts of the country. More Sheriff's Deputy Back on the Beat after 10 Months in Afghanistan from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Sheriff's Deputy Adams Lin is back to patrolling Palm Beach County, Fla., after serving in a war zone. Lin, a U.S. Army reservist who returned Sept. 20 from a 10-month stint in Afghanistan, was a sergeant with the military police assigned to Kandahar and Bagram. More    Product Showcase: Golight Stryker The Golight Stryker has a newer, sleeker design. Golight Strykers are easier to mount via a removable, interlocking mounting plate. The Golight remote controlled spotlights has been upgraded so that the beam length increases from 800 feet to 1800+ feet in a tight, narrow pattern. Available in camo, black and white. Click here for more information. Patrol Car Shortage Forces Nassau, N.Y., Cops to Double Up from Newsday Nassau police have a shortage of marked patrol cars, sometimes forcing officers to double up because there are no spares available. The doubled-up car must then patrol the same area normally assigned to two cars, according to the police union, affecting response times. More Woman Takes Helm of Sheriff's Posse from The Lewiston Tribune When Betty Barnes joined the Nez Perce County Mounted Sheriff's Posse four years ago, it was historic, and to some, devastating. A few people left the posse over a woman being allowed to join. Now there are not only a total of four women posse members, but Barnes has been elected chief of the 51-year-old organization. More Virginia Sheriff Demands Raises, Threatens Cuts to Programs from The Virginian-Pilot Portsmouth, Va., Sheriff Bill Watson informed city officials Wednesday that he may suspend some services that his inmates provide the city because officials have yet to respond to his demand for a raise for his deputies. Watson sent an e-mail to City Manager Kenneth Chandler, several City Council members and a city department head informing them that he had talked to staff members about the possibility of shutting down the city's inmate work crews. More Product Showcase: Dataradio GeminiG3 ADB by CalAmp The Dataradio GeminiG3 ADB by CalAmp is a mobile data modem providing seamless roaming on 700 and 800/NPSPAC band over private networks. Whether optimizing current networks or needing the ease of migrating to 700 MHz, we offer an efficient solution for data communications. Advance your mobility with Gemini today. More info New Ignition Lock Laws Aim to Foil Drunk Drivers from The Associated Press Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week. The ignition interlocks prevent engines from starting until drivers blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they're sober. Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska and Washington state began Jan. 1 requiring the devices for all motorists convicted of first-time drunken driving. South Carolina began requiring them for repeat offenders. More Dallas Police to Take Part in Photo Lineup Study from The Associated Press via the Los Angeles Times Police in Dallas, where numerous convictions based on eyewitness testimony have been overturned, are taking part in a study to determine the best way to prevent witnesses from picking the wrong suspects in photo lineups.Typically a detective shows a witness at least six pictures of possible suspects at the same time, but critics say the detective's body language and verbal cues can unintentionally taint results. As part of the study, Dallas police will use "sequential blind lineups" in which someone who doesn't know who the suspect is shows the photos one at a time. More Assisting Law Enforcement in Battling Cybercrime from MarketWatch With computer crimes ranging from fraud, child pornography and even terrorism ever on the rise, it is essential to the effectiveness of law enforcement that computer forensics technology keeps pace with computer technology. To compound this problem, computer forensic labs are continuously backlogged, and law enforcement agencies increasingly are forced to rely on in-house investigations to address the immediacy of computer-related crimes. Voom Technologies, a leader in computer forensics technology development, addresses both of these concerns with the just-released HardCopy 3 (HC3), a faster, upgraded and enriched version of their renowned HardCopy 2 computer forensics hard-drive duplicator. More Police Deaths Drop Due to Use of Protective Vests, Stun Guns from The Associated Press via the New Haven Register Greater use of bullet-resistant vests and stun guns helped reduce police deaths in 2008 compared with the previous year, two law enforcement support groups report. Law-enforcement officer deaths in the line of duty this year totaled 140, compared with 181 in 2007. Last year’s figure represented a spike in police deaths. More Critics Say Barbed Wire Ban Helps Criminals from The Associated Press via MSNBC Some business owners in Newark, N.J., say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making the city more attractive — to thieves. Burglaries are up 17 percent from 2007 through November in Newark, which has a young, charismatic mayor who has vowed to help the city rebound from decades of official inaction, incompetence and outright criminality. 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