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Daily Headline : Legal Issues

Supreme Court to Hear Drug-Sniffing Dogs Case Today

10/31/2012 - The Court will hear oral arguments on whether judges can issue search warrants for private homes when drug-sniffing dogs gives a detection alert when outside the home.
Daily Headline : Investigations

Morning Security Brief: Cell Phone Records, Social Media, Tracking Chemicals, Hurricane Preparedness, and More

10/26/2012 - Police in the U.K. routinely extract and store information from suspects’ mobile phones. Infographic: Solving crime with social media. Peru to track overland chemical shipments using GPS. And more.
Daily Headline : Intelligence

Morning Security Brief: Possible Chemical or Biological Attack at U.S. Embassy, .Gov Sites Used for Phishing Attacks, and More

10/23/2012 - Sweden’s white powder scare last week has been classified as “spreading a poison or virus.” .Gov sites being used for phishing scams. Social media leads to a break in the investigation of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. And more.
Daily Headline : Legal Issues

Justice Department Announces Efforts to Secure the Voting Process

10/17/2012 - The Justice Department has announced that it will implement its usual efforts on Election Day to make sure voters aren’t intimidated at the polls and their votes are counted accurately.
Daily Headline : International

Morning Security Brief: UK Identity Plan Questioned, Drug Dog’s ‘First’ False Positive, Shooting Victim Dumped at Hospital

10/16/2012 - A security engineer says the UK’s plan to use social media to verify identities encourages people to be “lazy about protecting their online identity.” A drug detection dog alerts to a man’s anus, but there’s nothing there. Surveillance cameras catch a car dumping a shooting victim at a hospital. And more.
Daily Headline : International

Morning Security Brief: Secret Stop-And-Frisk Recording, Morten Storm, Anti-Terror Law, and More

10/11/2012 - Secret stop-and-frisk recording. Danish man says he worked with intelligence to kill al-Awlaki. Danish journalists say new anti-terror law would threaten press freedom. And more.
Daily Headline : IT Security

Morning Security Brief: Public Health Preparedness, NYPD Gang Unit Doubles, Postcards Sent With SSNs, and More

10/02/2012 - The CDC publishes a report on public health preparedness among the states. The NYPD doubles its gang unit to help monitor social media. The University of Chicago apologizes for postcards sent with SSNs. And more.
Book Reviews: Crime

Creating Cultural Monsters: Serial Murder in America

09/27/2012 - Law enforcement personnel, sociologists, and criminal justice majors will find this book valuable and educational, as well as an excellent reference guide.
Daily Headline : Intelligence

Social Media and Criminal Organizations

09/18/2012 - In the social media world, individuals are encouraged to readily serve up personal data about where they are, who they are with, and when. But cartel members who use Facebook or similar social sites, for target selection can easily exploit this information to establish behavior patterns.
Beyond Print: Research & Studies

Security Metrics

08/27/2012 - See an example of how a security department can come up with reliable and consistent metrics for security. The first step was to develop categories into which incidents could be recorded.
Intelligence: Public-Private Partnerships

Intelligence

08/24/2012 - Find out how Philadelphia’s City Center District helps coordinate police activities with business interests to reduce crime and make the city more attractive to businesses and tourists.
Homeland Security: Investigations

Creating Public Support for SARs

08/24/2012 - A survey indicates several hurdles to public reporting of suspicious activity, including a basic understanding of what to report.
Daily Headline : Intelligence

Morning Security Brief: Chavis Carter Autopsy, Mexican Airport Security, Venue Sued After Patron Injured in Brawl, and More

08/21/2012 - Chavis Carter death ruled a suicide. Mexico City airport cops reassigned. A patron is suing a venue after being injured in a brawl. And more.
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