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Ford continuing launch schedule of new police-spec vehicles

Ford is continuing its impressive launch schedule of police-specific vehicles; following the all new 2011 Explorer SUV and the new, Taurus-based Police Interceptor cop car, Ford has also presented the new police-spec SUV -- the Police Interceptor Utility model

Ford is continuing its impressive launch schedule, and after it has revealed the all new 2011 Explorer SUV as well as the new, Taurus-based Police Interceptor cop car, it has also presented the new police-spec SUV, the Police Interceptor Utility model.

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Use of crime-fighting ShotSpotter technology to be expanded in Nassau County

For a year now Nassau County, New York, police department has been using the ShotSpotter system, and the country police commissioner says the department has been able to handle shootings much more swiftly, and that in certain instances lives might have been lost if it were not for the technology; the system records the number of shots fired, whether the shooter was stationary or moving, and provides audio playback of each gunshot event; this information not only provides situational awareness for law enforcement officers prior to arriving at the crime scene, but it is also offers valuable evidence for post crime analysis and legal proceedings

For a year now the police in Mineola, Long Island, has been able to respond within seconds in cases of shooting. The date of 23 August 2009 marked the one-year anniversary of the first arrest made by the Nassau County Police Department which was based on the ShotSpotter System at. The system is currently in full operation in Roosevelt and Uniondale. County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey said the department is looking to expand the system’s use to other communities in Nassau County.

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3-D mapping system recreate crime scenes

The technology allows law enforcement to take pictures, get accurate measurements, then put them into a computer to recreate a crime scene. The technology could be used in the courtroom to help jurors understand a case

The Criminal Justice Division at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin, has received some new technology that could help fight crime in Northeast Wisconsin.

The 3-D mapping system is called the Leica Geosystems Scanstation C10.

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NY DMV says facial recognition technology is working

The use by the State of New York DMV of facial recognition technology has been instrumental in identifying more than 1,000 cases of possible fraud, according to state officials; more than 100 felony arrests have been made so far, including an Egyptian citizen holding four New York licenses under separate names, one of which was on the federal "no-fly" list, and a former hit man who sought to establish a second identity after release from prison

The initial results of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles’ use of facial recognition technology to identify fraud cases, which began last February, has been instrumental in identifying more than 1,000 cases of possible fraud, according to state officials.

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FEMA All Hazard Preparedness Campaign Continues

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues its All Hazards Preparedness Campaign in supermarkets and stores throughout the Island, to advise people on how to rebuild by implementing mitigation measures to prevent future damages. In July 2010, FEMA began this Campaign in hardware stores where more than 13,698 persons have been reached.

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