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Jim and Doug discuss the movement in recent years to discontinue the cash-bail system
Criminals are using 3D printing to make guns, reproduce keys and manufacture illegal drugs
How law enforcement agencies are adopting cloud-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software solutions as part of the fight against crime
New York City so far this year has recorded a 10-day stretch with no slayings and a 24-hour period without even a nonfatal shooting, stabbing or slashing
After fatally shooting a Seattle man for his cellphone, police say the teen fled to a friend’s home where he complained the phone “was not a nicer model”
Grand Rapids City Commission is nixing a 38-year-old section of city code that states “no person shall willfully annoy another person”
Police say a woman reported to be in labor and her boyfriend were robbed in Annapolis as they headed to a hospital
“It’s certainly going to be a black eye for King City,” County Supervisor Simon Salinas said
The strategy of adapting the predictive-policing model currently used involves dividing the patrol area into small geographic “boxes” and tracking the number of reported incidents
Las Vegas police were hoping Monday that distributing a security video of a car striking a man in the parking lot of a convenience store would lead to an arrest
There’s a danger in the Internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous
Authorities captured two men shortly after they allegedly broke into an Minn. home, severely beat a man inside, and fled in a red Cadillac
Robbery of an off-duty sheriff’s sergeant ended with the sergeant shooting and killing one of the three robbers
A shotgun-wielding suspect wanted for burglary attacked a family, hijacked a vehicle, rammed a patrol car, and bit an officer before he was arrested
As social media videos show, Oakland’s illegal sideshow scene runs rife with a lack of respect for life or the police
Through the Pinterest online bulletin board, police officers are uploading photos of recovered goods
Crime statistics for 2013 show the lowest number of homicides since 1966
Violent crime is down in Detroit, police have improved their response time to 911 calls and officers are solving a greater percentage of homicides
Ray Kelly said the map is the next evolution for the NYPD’s transparency with New Yorkers who want to know how safe the streets are