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  • Law enforcement budget cuts strain California gang, drug task forces

    Fighting crime on a tight budget will be difficult as gangs and drug organizations maintain their strength countywide. Now that California governor Jerry Brown has cut $71 million from state gang and drug task forces, it is going to get even tougher, police said

  • Maine counties to combine emergency dispatch services

    Two central Maine counties — Franklin and Somerset — will share an emergency dispatch and law enforcement technology, saving taxpayers money. Franklin County will pay about $68,000 per year to Somerset County, where taxpayers have invested more than $1 million to install the infrastructure to support the technology.

  • New Jersey police mergers will take time

    Four New Jersey counties — Broome, Camden, Morris, and Somerset — are following a national wave toward regionalizing police services and manpower under a central administrator, with the goal of protecting public safety while saving money. Governor Christie and other state officials have endorsed a countywide force as a way to reduce costs and get more officers on the streets, but many police officers and suburban mayors remain skeptical.

  • Gloucester, Mass. to set up emergency management department

    The city of Gloucester, Massachusetts, is stepping up its commitment to emergency management services for the coming year, with a plan that provides additional funding for the current year, and lays the groundwork for an emergency management department in the next few years.

  • Police smartphones to tap into iris scan dataebase

    After helping law enforcement agencies build an iris scan database to keep track of criminals, Plymouth, Massachusetts-based BI2 Technologies is preparing to arm police with smartphones to tap into the system on the road

  • Police demonstrate newest law enforcement simulator

    The DeKalb County, Georgia, Police Department demonstrated its newest training tool, a state-of-the-art system to train officers under simulated, lifelike conditions; the system has more than 250 different types of scenarios. Officers use the system fully geared up to go into any type of situation, and the police department can run the officers through the virtual environment to prepare them for actual situations; the department also can create their own scenarios specific to their needs

  • Law enforcement Youth Academy inspires "next generation of leaders"

    The twenty-one teens who took part in the Kane County, Illinois, 2011 Law Enforcement Youth Academy this summer may not have been too enthused in the beginning, but they came away praising the program as “a life-changing experience”; the 7-week program gives youths ages 14 to 18 an opportunity to interact with law enforcement from the Aurora Police Department, Kane County Sheriff’s Office, and special agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

  • PreparednessPurdue helps Chicago prepare for disasters

    To be better prepared for a major natural disaster or a terrorist attack, seventeen counties near Chicago, Illinois have banded together to create a disaster preparedness plan with the help of Purdue University and the University of Illinois, Chicago