By Paul Montgomery The Union Leader HOOKSETT, N.H. — As the police department reviews an audit performed by Public Safety Strategies Group, the suggestion to restructure staff is already under way. At the command staff level, the administrative lieutenant will become a civilian position. Police commission Chairwoman Joanne McHugh said…
Police investigate after cases of credit card fraud at Taco Stand
University junior Raven Covington woke up Saturday two weeks ago with an email from her bank saying her account was empty. “First I called my bank to cancel my card,” the political science major said. “I called the police the next day. I knew I hadn’t spent that money.” She…
Video released in fatal Ogden police shooting
By PoliceOne Staff OGDEN, Utah — Newly-released dash cam video shows scenes from a shootout that left an officer dead and five other officers wounded. The footage was taken as officers arrived at an Ogden home where fellow cops were conducting a drug raid in January, KSL reported. As an…
Lawyer: Pasadena police scapegoated 911 caller
Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. — A lawyer for a man who wrongly reported an armed robbery to 911 says Pasadena police are scapegoating his client in the shooting death of a college boy. Oscar Carrillo's lawyer Andres Bustamante said Friday that Pasadena police are doing damage control at his client's…
Maine police officers to receive warrants by email
By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News PORTLAND, Maine — The state court system took a step into the digital world this week when it electronically transmitted 41,000 existing arrest warrants into the system used by public safety officials around the state. This will allow police officers to receive warrants more…
Frederick man charged in fraud scheme: Former military police officer allegedly made more than $9,000 in purchases
A Frederick man faces charges of operating a fraud scheme in which police said he stole credit card numbers and used them to make more than $9,000 in purchases online and at a Frederick department store View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
‘Police ransom’ Trojans the work of single Russian gang, Trend finds
The wave of ‘police Trojan’ ransomware that has hit PC users across the developed world in the last year is probably the work of a single highly-active Russian cybercrime gang, a forensic analysis by Trend Micro has concluded. First detected in 2011, there have been numerous police ransom attacks in…
The debate over ‘police militarization’ continues
Author: Lance Eldridge In January of this year, PoliceOne’s Chuck Remsberg published a controversial letter from Retired Constable Scott Enlow that created a bit of a blog firestorm. Mr. Enlow expressed his concerns that with a combination of federally-purchased “military-type equipment,” an influx of war veterans into the profession, and…
Cary police investigate international credit card fraud
Cary police have arrested two men they think used stolen credit card numbers to buy merchandise that was then resold by another person. View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Thai police use TASER to rescue wife from knife-wielding spouse
Associated Press BANGKOK — Police have subdued a man they said was high on drugs when he held his wife at knifepoint for six hours along a major road in Bangkok. The standoff in front of a large crowd Thursday ended when a plainclothes officer waited for knife-wielding Sakdawut Hamsiri…