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New tire deflating device obviates need for police car chases
Car-chasing a fleeing criminal at high speeds is dangerous to the police and to innocent bystanders; a Wisconsin company, with help from NASA, designs a “throwable” tire deflating device allowing law enforcement to force fleeing car to stop without giving chase
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U.S. governments will not fund NYC congestion-fee plan
The City of New York asked the Department of Transportation for about $180 million to implement a congestion-fee scheme in lower Manhattan; DOT gives only $10 million; system to resemble London’s “ring of steel”
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Moscow-St. Petersburg train derailed by bomb
There is growing worries in Europe about the vulnerability of trains to terrorist attacks, and the latest example is the derailement by a bomb of a train in Russia; Russian toursim industry may suffer
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France is jumpy about threat to rail transportation
French police increase security on trains in northeast after tip on terror threat
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EU says U.S. cargo scanning would disrupt trade, violate treaties
Congress wants DHS to implement 100 percent inspection of U.S.-bound freight containers; EU says this will do not much to security, but would disrupt trade and violate international treaties
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Impressive growth of people working in security sector
The 9/11 attacks have engendered broad, steady growth of people working in the security sector, with more hiring planned
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Texas Southern University to build transportation security center
Bringing home the bacon: Two influential members of Congress from Houston secure funding for transportation security center at TSU
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DHS releases Real ID implementation plan
Congress insisted on seeing DHS’s plans for implementing the Real ID Act before it would make available a discretionary grant of $34 million to states; late last week DHS released plan
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Dissident IRA faction detonates bomb on Dublin-Belfast rail line; no injuries
A faction of the disarmed IRA detonates bomb on rail line connecting Ireland’s two capital cities; another device dismantled
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U.K. mulls giving police real-time access to congestion cameras
Accidnetally released proposal says police should be able to track U.K. drivers by using road pricing cameras
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Increasing investment in ground transportation security
Since 9/11, the U.S. spent more than $24 billion on aviation security, but mere $500 million on ground transportation security; Congress wants to redress this imbalance
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N.Y. transit authority's radios swamped by interfercne
NYC transit authority spent $140 million on a new radio system; the system has not yet been turned on because flaws in it cause severe interference
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Florida bus drivers to receive anti-terror training
DHS spends a lot of money on air traffic safety; it also has a program to train bus drivers in anti-terrorism tactics, and Florida takes advantage of it
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EU to proceed with public bailout of troubled Galileo
Galileo was supposed to showcase European technological prowess and public-private sector cooperation, but instead found itself hobbled by missed deadlines, bickering among technology giants, and bureaucratic infighting; the EC is rethinking its approach to the project
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Elbit wins UAV contract for Operation Watchkeeper
U.K. subsidiary of Israel’s leading non-government-owned defense company wins $110 million UAV project for the British military
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