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A Conservative bill aiming to clarify laws around citizen’s arrests will grant greater powers to private security agencies, something police and the Canadian Bar Association say will give poorly trained ‘rent-a-cops’ greater latitude to arrest Canadians. “Such personnel often lack the necessary range of equipment or adequate... Read More →
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has sent every governor in the nation a letter asking for support in improving background checks for gun purchases. His letter was sent the same week as the five-year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech in which a gunman killed 32 people and wounded 17 others. The shooter, Seung-Hui Cho,... Read More →
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A “social network” for former violent extremists and their victims has launched with the backing of a consortium of partners including Google Ideas, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), the Gen Next Foundation and Rehabstudio. Against Violent Extremism (AVE) is an online platform (sure to be dubbed a “Facebook for terrorists”)... Read More →
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When American experts talk about cyber threats from other countries, they often cite elite hackers in China and Russia. On Thursday, some warned against overlooking another country: Iran. Over the past three years, the Iranian regime has invested heavily in building up its cyber muscle and has expressed an increasing desire to use... Read More →
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Security researcher Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in the latest firmware of some of Samsung's network-connected TVs and Blu-ray players that allows attackers to cripple a device. The devices listen on port 55000, where they receive control packets from iOS and Android smartphones. Auriemma said that, if these controller... Read More →
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As any employer or human resources professional know, a great deal of time is spent dealing with employee problems. Howebver, problem employees usually cause employee problems. An employer is certainly ahead if they can try to minimize the problem employees in the first place. For employers that do not perform background checks, one... Read More →
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Recently FBI Director Robert Mueller spoke at a meeting about the importance of partnerships between Federal law enforcement agencies and the private security sector (read the whole article by professor Tim Hardiman here). These partnerships were recently made evident when University of Alabama college professor Gary Warner and his... Read More →
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DeKalb County police say a driver involved in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 85 Thursday morning is an officer with the Atlanta Police Department. Officials say that around 4:30 a.m., Christopher Niezurawski entered the southbound lanes of Interstate 85 on Cheshire Bridge Road and drove several miles northbound. Another off-duty officer... Read More →
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Closed Circuit television systems (CCTV) are a very useful tool for businesses, governments, institutions, etc… mainly because they can keep an area secure and safe automatically without human interaction. Some organizations chose to have security personnel monitor the camera surveillance at a location point within the building while... Read More →
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It is striking how a significant number of undercover officers have experienced mental breakdowns because of the pressures of their job. This is a subject which we are going to examine closely in the book. We would of course been interested to hear from anyone who has information on this. It is clear that undercover officers who... Read More →
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The mobile carriers industry trade group, CTIA–The Wireless Association, is objecting to a proposed bill that would require the police to produce a warrant if it wants access to location data on people's mobile phones. CTIA are calling the legislation "unduly burdensome" to say no to police who arrive without warrants. The bill... Read More →
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Private Investigators Can Win Free Tickets to the 2 Hour Live Season Finale of The Voice PInow.com is giving away two free tickets to the 2 hour live Season Finale of The Voice. To enter for the tickets, which include airfare and two nights' stay at a Los Angeles hotel, visit the Official PInow.com Facebook Fanpage. Be sure to like... Read More →
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