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POP E-newsletter
Don't forget to sign up for the free POP e-newsletter at http://popcenter.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c8090880e2d4ee19b0de44156&id=9 ...
Center for Problem-Oriented Policing popcenter.org
Problems associated with people with mental illness pose a significant challenge for modern policing. [1] This guide begins by describing the problem and reviewing factors that increase the challenges that police face in...
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Coordinated action to shut off stolen cellphones
Police, the FCC, and wireless carriers announced a partnership to complete a system within 6 months that will enable reported stolen ...
Wireless carriers partner with FCC, police on database of stolen... washingtonpost.com
They will crack down on cellphone theft by creating a centralized database to identify stolen phones and render them...
Gary
Most popular POP Guides in 2011
The POP Center website (www.popcenter.org) offers a ton of useful and practical information, including guidebooks on dealing with over ...
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Recovering stolen vehicles
This story claims that LoJack vehicles had a 90% recovery rate in the U.S. in 2011, compared to 56% for all stolen vehicles.
Vehicle trackingLoJack helps recover more than 10,000 stolen cars homelandsecuritynewswire.com
On Tuesday LoJack Corporation, the manufacturers of the eponymous vehicle tracking device, released their latest statistics on vehicle theft. According to the company, last year LoJack helped law enforcement agencies recover...
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2011 Tilley Awards
You probably know that the UK has an annual POP competition leading to winners of the Tilley Awards. Here's the site for the 2011 ...
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Cattle Rustling
Sign of Tough Times: Reports of Cattle Rustling on the Rise
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A sagging economy and high beef ...
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2011 Goldstein Award Winner
The 2011 POP Conference was held last week in Miami. There were seven excellent finalists for the Goldstein Award. The winner was the ...
Chris
A colleague on the UK's south coast has reported an increase in doorstep thefts of dairy products...(might be a cat burglar!)
Whilst we expect a few pints of milk to be stolen from doorsteps (in the few places where they're still delivered) every so often by ...
Gary
How San Diego Cops Succeeded in Lowering Border Auto Theft Rate
Alarmed at its ranking as San Diego's hot spot for auto thefts, officers at the city's southern division developed a strategy to ...
Vehicle thefts at the border plummet signonsandiego.com
Alarmed at its ranking as the city's hot spot for auto thefts, San Diego police in the southern division focused on the crime four years ago. Thefts are now down 65 percent.
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Rape & Sexual Assault Reporting
Very interesting news this week regarding conflicting definitions of rape between UCR and local jurisdictions/states. Following a ...
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Auto Theft
Technology, Police Work Drives Auto Theft Totals Down
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A dramatic decline in auto theft is ...
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Crime Statistics
Arguments over crime statistics have generally focused on the numerator. Here's an interesting angle on the denominator.
Making ...
Making Murder Count nytimes.com
In New Orleans and other cities, overestimating the population is a problem because inflated numbers skew health and crime statistics.
