Police
hideA police service is a public force empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force.
The term is most commonly associated with police services of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. The word comes via French Policier, from Latin politia ("civil administration"), from ancient Greek πόλις ("city").
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News tagged with police
Police service faces unprecedented challenges amid global recession
Dec 22, 2009 |
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The issues are raised in a new Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) publication - What is policing for? Examining the impact and implications of contemporary policing intervention. The publication which highlights ...
Crime scene measurements can be taken from a single image
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Two researchers from the University of Salamanca have developed a procedure to enable forensic police to extract metric data from crime scenes using just a single photograph. Their proposal, published this ...
Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.
High-speed chase ends when OnStar halts stolen SUV
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared for a dangerous high-speed chase.
Child's play may revolutionize video gaming, police work
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What do hide-and-seek, police searches and video games such as Half-Life 2 have in common? More than you would think, say two University of Alberta researchers.
Night beat, overtime and a disrupted sleep pattern can harm officers' health
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good "night's" sleep.
Research puts police gun detectors a step closer
Jun 09, 2009 |
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The new technology - being designed by Newcastle, Manchester Metropolitan and Queen Mary universities - uses electro magnetic waves in order to pick up 'reflections' from concealed guns, gun barrels or knives without the ...
Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in ...
NYPD Goes Green
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New York City has a goal to reduce its overall carbon footprint. For Manhattan, the goal is to reduce greenhouse gases 30% by 2017. As part of this effort, the New York City Police Department ...
Wikileaks releases pager intercepts from 9/11
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Whistleblower website Wikileaks began publishing on Wednesday what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
Police with higher multitasking abilities less likely to shoot unarmed persons
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2009 |
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In the midst of life-threatening situations requiring split-second decisions, police officers with a higher ability to multitask are less likely to shoot unarmed persons when feeling threatened during video simulations, a ...
Researchers Find Fingerprints in Murder Case
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester has helped detectives move a step closer to solving a murder case.
Novel Forensic Technique To Be Applied To Decade-Old Murder Probe
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester is being called on by US force officers to tackle a decade-old murder case.
Police sketch artist evolves: Computer program uses interactive genetic algorithm to help witnesses remember criminals
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Criminals are having a harder time hiding their faces, thanks to new software that helps witnesses recreate and recognize suspects using principles borrowed from the fields of optics and genetics.
Iowa 911 call center becomes first to accept texts
Aug 05, 2009 |
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An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.
