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By Tom Krisher Associated PressDETROIT — When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared ...
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IACP Products: The pursuit ends here
You pull over a vehicle for a traffic violation, and do a background check. The vehicle's stolen; the suspect is wanted for armed robbery. It takes a split second to realize that this vehicle could take ...
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Drivers using cop-alert device to avoid police3
By Demian Bulwa San Francisco ChronicleSAN FRANCISCO — Stanley Lew, like many drivers, claims strict deference to all traffic signs and signals. At least most of the time."We are not perfect ...
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Online mapping services help cops spot crime trends
By Donna Leinwand USA TodayA growing number of police departments -- nearly 1,000 nationwide -- are using online crime mapping services to grab data from their police reports, identify crime trends and ...
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Mass. officers use GPS to find kidnapped girl
By George Barnes and Danielle Williamson Telegram & GazetteATHOL, Mass. — Using technology more commonly seen in television crime dramas, an Athol police officer and a deputy chief in the town's ...
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Air Wing delivers high-tech survival
The Air Wing conducts more than 1,900 missions annually, including searches, surveillance of large gatherings, and aerial investigations of crime scenes.By Stan Freeman Springfield RepublicanCHICOPEE, ...
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Small GPS devices help prosecutors win convictions
Related articles: GPS devices to monitor domestic abusers Texas cops use GPS to nab carjacking suspect GPS helps crack case in killing, LAPD says By Mitch Stacy The Associated PressLike millions of motorists, ...
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Texas cops use GPS to nab carjacking suspect
LEWISVILLE, Texas — Lewisville police said they used GPS technology to locate one of two men wanted in connection with a series of carjackings.Police said two armed men stole a Lewisville woman's ...
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GPS devices to monitor domestic abusers
By David Eggert The Associated PressLANSING, Mich. — Mary Babb was in her SUV last year when her estranged husband slammed into her with his pickup truck. The crash overturned Babb's vehicle and ...
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Dallas PD using GPS to combat car thieves
By Wendy Hundley The Dallas Morning NewsDALLAS — Thieves beware: The loot you stole just might be tracking you.That's what happened in Lewisville recently, when two large air-conditioning units were ...
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GPS seen as way to aid abuse victims
By Liam Ford The Chicago TribuneBOSTON — The young mother's long nightmare began to subside soon after her abusive ex-husband was outfitted with a satellite monitoring device that would electronically ...
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GPS may help enforce restraining orders
By Liam Ford The Chicago TribuneCHICAGO — Anyone who violates an order of protection could be forced to wear a satellite tracking device that would issue an electronic warning if the offender gets ...
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GPS lets citizens monitor Fla. officers' speed
By Stephen Thompson The Tampa Tribune LARGO, Fla. — Did you ever want to know how fast a police officer was driving on a particular day? Now you can find out if he works for the St. Petersburg Police ...
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Tenn. police say GPS helping solve theft case
By Lauren Gregory The Chattanooga Times Free Press EAST RIDGE, Tenn. — Frank Geismar does all he can to keep track of the construction equipment he manages for East Ridge-based Brown Bros. Inc. But ...
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GPS helps crack case in killing, LAPD says
LAPD officials look to expand gang GPS program By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — In what officials are calling a first for the LAPD, detectives on Tuesday said ...
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LAPD scoots into the future
The department is employing such Space Age innovations as 'smart' cars and high-tech three-wheelers. By Bob Pool Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — With red-and-blue lights flashing and sirens wailing, LAPD ...
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Urban Chicago gang crackdowns head to the suburbs
By Steve Patterson The Chicago Sun-Times Have some gang investigation tips? Visit the P1 Gang forumCOOK COUNTY, Ill. — Ask Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart about the growing gang problem in the suburbs, and ...
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