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VALOR training focuses on police officer safety
past three years has shown an increase, and preliminary data from 2011 seem to show the trend continuing, according to Robert Kominski, an associate professor at the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina.
Updated: 02/19/2012 10:32A
Leahy introduces Cyber Crime Protection Security Act
15, 2012) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced legislation Wednesday to address the growing threat of cyber crime. The Cyber Crime Protection Security Act will bolster tools for law enforcement to prevent and prosecute cyber crime.
Updated: 02/19/2012 10:25A
Ministerial missteps trigger rage inside the machine
As the bill wound its way through the system the usual suspects, Internet law professor Michael Geist, the folks at OpenMedia.ca, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and numerous others, started peeling back the legislative onion and what they saw
Updated: 02/19/2012 10:20A
Criminal offender registration pushed
Senate Bill 17-98, which the Senate may pass on Thursday, said the registry will be an important help to law enforcement agencies, the public and communities if a person engages in criminal conduct. “The registration is intended to aid law enforcement
Updated: 02/19/2012 08:57A
Upped border control to curb crime, poaching
He was speaking at a justice, crime prevention and security cluster briefing on strategic and tactical interventions developed to improve public safety, in line with President Jacob Zuma's commitment in his state of the nation address.
Updated: 02/19/2012 08:50A
Bikie laws open to abuse, says law expert
Alex Steel, an associate professor of criminal law at the University of NSW, said the planned legislation could be selectively enforced by police to discriminate, including against people in Aboriginal communities. ''The problem is this legislation
Updated: 02/19/2012 08:28A
Bikie laws open to abuse, says law expert
Alex Steel, an associate professor of criminal law at the University of NSW, said the planned legislation could be selectively enforced by police to discriminate, including against people in Aboriginal communities. ''The problem is this legislation
Updated: 02/19/2012 08:28A
More money to fight corruption
Cabinet has approved an additional R150 million for law enforcement agencies to fight fraud and corruption, says Justice & Constitutional Affairs Minister Jeff Radebe. The money would be transferred from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account to the
Updated: 02/19/2012 08:09A
Controlling crime: Christie proposes changes on how judges set bail
TRENTON — Across the street from the courthouses on South Broad Street and North Clinton Avenue are businesses whose services no one wants to have to use, but that are an integral part of the state's criminal justice system. Bail bond agents are in the
Updated: 02/19/2012 07:28A
Trial selection to begin in Rutgers webcam spying case
The former Rutgers University student will be subject to two very different judgments, in and out of the courtroom, say two attorneys with criminal law backgrounds, Edward Weinstein and Kaitlin Kennedy of the Law Offices of Edward R. Weinstein in East
Updated: 02/19/2012 07:16A
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