'Fugitive Safe Surrender' Program Hits South Carolina
from the Spartanburg Herald Journal
 Fugitives who turn themselves in at a Columbia, S.C., church this week can talk to an attorney, see a judge and even get job counseling without having to spend time behind bars. The U.S. Marshal's Service is bringing its Fugitive Safe Surrender program to the state for the first time. South Carolina is the 10th stop for the program, which has encouraged more than 13,000 people to turn themselves in since the program began in Cleveland in 2005. Holding the program at a church may make people more comfortable about turning themselves in, said Lexington County Sheriff James Metts. More
7 cops + 35 miles = Charity Ultra-marathon
from the Ventura County Star
'Cops Running for Charity' is anything but a typical fundraiser. On Saturday, the seven cops — all members of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department — will run 35 miles across the northern portion of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland, traversing ice fields, rivers and active volcanoes in temperatures in the 40s. The event is known as an ultra-marathon. Money raised will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. More
Monroe County Sheriff's Department Adds Gas-Sipping Hybrids
from The Indy Channel
The Monroe County, Ind., sheriff's new car might not be ideal for chasing down fleeing suspects, but it gets about 45 miles a gallon. Sheriff Jim Kennedy and two other department administrators started driving Toyota Prius hybrids after the cars arrived last week. More
Boone County Sheriff's Department Hosts Classes
from the Community Press
Those who ever wanted to learn about some aspects of law enforcement have the opportunity with the Boone County, Ohio, Sheriff's Department's fall citizen's academy class. The class will cover such topics as an overview, deputy selection and training, patrol operations, accident reconstruction, traffic stops, building searches, media relations, DUI, firearms, electronic crimes, sex crimes, crime scene investigation, narcotic investigations and SWAT. More
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Pistol Cam: When Cops Draw This Point-and-Shoot, Say Cheese
from Wired
In an effort to address public concerns about police accountability, the sheriff's department SWAT team in Orange County, New York, recently started packing the PistolCam, a cigarette-pack-sized combination videocam, flashlight, and laser targeter that attaches to the gun barrel's underside. More
Video: Clay, N.Y., Officers Become Sheriff's Deputies
from WTVH-TV
Taxpayers in the Town of Clay in New York approved by a 2-1 margin a merger between their police department with the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department, but police officers were unanimous in their personal decisions. All 16 officers stepped forward Monday, to make the switch. The transition was seamless, with Deputies actually beginning their patrols at midnight early Monday morning. More
Expert to Teach Los Angeles Law Enforcers
from the Ventura County Star
When a crime is committed, law enforcement officials use a technique partly developed by R. Edward Geiselman to interview witnesses and obtain an accurate picture of what occurred. This year he was certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Center for Domestic Preparedness to teach law enforcement officials his interviewing technique, a casual way of asking questions to determine if a suspect is lying. More
New Georgia Law Criminalizes Homelessness
from The Associated Press via Calibre MacroWorld
A strict new Georgia law is designed to keep sex offenders away from children by monitoring how close they live to schools, parks and other spots where kids gather, and threatens them with strict penalties if they fail to register. But what about the offenders who don't have an address? More
Courts Get New High-tech Eyes to Screen Visitors
from the Times Union
Rensselaer County, N.Y., is the testing ground for a new Smartech court security system set up through the state Office of Court Administration. Officers at security checkpoints of Rensselaer County Court and Troy City Court now have new computer hardware and software on desk tops to help identify objects inside bags that show up on the X-ray scanner. More
College Police Departments Brush up on Preparedness
from the Indianapolis Star
Police departments at Indiana universities, like their counterparts across the country, are taking steps to pre-empt -- not just respond to -- crime and disaster by hiring security experts and placing more emphasis on emergency preparedness. About 90 percent of the nation's 331 colleges and universities surveyed by the Minneapolis-based Midwestern Higher Education Compact said they had reviewed security procedures after the Virginia Tech shootings, and 36 percent said they had held emergency response drills. More
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