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Detroit police to stop responding to unverified burglar alarms
As of Monday, 22 August, the Detroit police department will no longer respond to burglar alarms unless security companies can verify the need for an officer; the policy is aimed at reducing the number of false alarms and allowing officers more time to focus on critical duties; more than 98 percent of all burglar alarms are false alarms; critics of the new policy fear that it will exacerbate safety conditions in a city already plagued by crime and slow police response times
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 23 August 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 9 August 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 26 July 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 12 July 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 28 June 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 14 June 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Friday, 1 June 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 17 May 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 3 May 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 19 April 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 5 April 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 22 March 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Studying counterterrorism in Israel upsets Cambridge residents
Some residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts are upset that sixteen law enforcement and emergency services officials from the city went to Israel in an Anti Defamation League-sponsored trip to observe Israeli counterterrorism methods; the trip was funded by a local businessman; in a city hall meeting residents expressed discomfort with a privately organized trip for public officials — and with the fact that these officials chose Israel as the place to study counterterrorism tactics; one local resident said that what Israel calls “counterterrorism” is “a mechanism of oppression suited to employment in a police state, a status I do not regard our city as having obtained. At least not yet”
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 8 March 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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The long view
A New Way to Detect Radiation Involving Cheap Ceramics
The radiation detectors used today for applications like inspecting cargo ships for smuggled nuclear materials are expensive and cannot operate in harsh environments, among other disadvantages. Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.