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An Arresting Tale: From Podium to Pokey in 10 Days

October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

On Oct. 2, Catherine Bleish was one of a handful of speakers who revved up a crowd of 2,000 at the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  Ten days later, she found herself in jail in the South St. Louis city of Maplewood.
“I was standing in line outside,” the 25-year-old told me Monday afternoon during an [...]

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Federal Judge Approves Use of Advanced Lie Detection Equipment During Interrogation of Sex Offender; Army Still Says ‘No’ to CVSA

October 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Shouldn’t front-line soldiers be able to use equipment deemed most effective by those who’ve used it in the field?  Most people believe would agree to that, but not the folks at the Pentagon — and, specifically, the folks in the Army’s polygraph community.
Consider these facts:

More than 1,800 law enforcement agencies across the country trust Computer [...]

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New Three-Shot Taser Hits Market

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments

On Fox News this morning, a representative of Taser International demonstrated a new three-shot taser to provide law enforcement officers three times the capability they had previously.  A video of the new device appears below.  Hopefully, it will spur the sale of more Don’t Taze Me, Bro! t-shirts.

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Law Enforcement Salivating Over ‘Nanocopters’

May 9th, 2009 · No Comments

File this under “cool video.”
On April 7, Prox Dynamics announced that it had flight-tested the latest PD-100 Black Hornet prototype, the Hornet-3a helicopter, outdoors for the first time.  After watching the video above, I can’t help but think law enforcement officials must be salivating over the surveillance and crime-fighting potential the “nanocopter” offers.
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If Not for Memo, Torture Might Not Be Issue (Part 2)

May 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Bob McCarty
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Despite the overwhelming success of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer® while it was used by the U.S. military from 2002-2008, a small group within the Department of Defense bureaucracy — the Defense [...]

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