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May 29, 2008
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Cell Phone Forensics: Trace Tracks Your Moves
from the Greenwich Time
There are more than 1,350 models of cell phones on the open market, and one Wilton, Conn., company has developed the technology to crack every one of them. Next month, iCard Forensics will unveil its Trace technology, heralding it as the next big product for the law enforcement and military sectors. Trace has the ability to legally rip a information off a suspect's personal cellular phone, including incoming and outgoing calls, text messages, pictures, or anything else needed in a criminal investigation. More

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Sheriff Sets Dress Code for Jail Inmates' Visitors
from WCPO-TV
Baggy pants, inappropriate outfits and dirty clothes all will soon be banned if you want to visit someone in Hamilton County's Justice Center in Ohio. Sheriff Simon Leis has set forth a dress code for visitors of inmates that will go into effect June 15. More

Sheriff: Make the Inmates Pay More
from The Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville, Fla., Sheriff John Rutherford wants jail inmates to pay more of the costs of their incarcerations. By collecting the new inmate fees and increasing the cost residents pay for public records and other services, Rutherford hopes to add nearly $1 million to his department's budget. More

Offers Pouring in to Offset Funding Loss
from the East Valley Tribune
Gun-maker Frank DeSomma donated about $10,000 worth of guns and equipment to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office earlier this year, but he wanted it to be a secret. But in Maricopa County, DeSomma soon learned, donations cannot be kept quiet. They are even discussed in public meetings because of specific rules to keep such gifts above board. Now, as Sheriff Joe Arpaio begins to openly and actively accept donations for his office’s immigration enforcement efforts, many expect the number of donors to skyrocket. More

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Sheriff’s Deputy Pay Raise Legislation Approved for Rural Missouri
from the Suntimes News
Deputies in rural Missouri will see a rise in their salary thanks to legislation passed during the recently completed legislative session. Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, announced that county sheriff’s deputies in the 3rd Senate District and throughout the state will receive better pay. More

Sheriff’s Youth Detention Program Praised
from the Muskogee Phoenix
The Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office won accolades from observers for improvements made during its first year of operating the city’s Community Intervention Center. More

License-plate Scanners in Patrol Cars Could Help Thwart Vehicle Thefts
from the Yakima Herald
Yakima, Wash., law enforcement hopes to go high-tech in its war against auto thieves. Automatic license-plate readers can scan parked and moving vehicles across four lanes of traffic and alert the officer if they come across stolen vehicles in their database, according to the Web site of a company that makes them. More

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Law Enforcement Use Eye Scanner for Missing-persons Cases
from the Kennebec Journal
New technology in Kennebec County, Maine -- and throughout the state -- will offer parents and families a different avenue to identify and protect their loved ones. Last week, more than 20 law enforcement agencies, including the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office, last week received an iris scanning device, a machine that uses unique patterns on the human eye to positively identify an individual. More

Jails Want Inmates to Play Cards
from the Press & Sun-Bulletin
Broome County Sheriff David E. Harder has 96 new decks of playing cards for tables in the jail's pods for the Cold Case Playing Card program. Similar decks of cards will be issued to prisoners in Chenango, Delaware and Tioga county jails, as well as state prisons. The program seeks new leads concerning missing persons and unsolved homicides. Each card contains a photograph and information about the case. More

Police Vehicles Tie Traditional Look to Updated Technology
from Columbus Local News
Their look may be vintage, but the fully equipped patrol cars that the Worthington Police Department in Ohio unveiled last week are as cutting edge as can be. Seven sleek and shiny black and white cars have arrived in the city to replace a majority of the department's current fleet, and the color scheme isn't the only change to the vehicles. More

 

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