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Virginia Automates Alarm Company to 911 Transmissions
New data exchange standard could eliminate more than 32 million 911 calls nationally.
911 Standard Could Speed Emergency Response
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials approves standard for alarm companies to automatically alert 911 centers - eliminating millions of phone calls.
Cyber-Crime: Law Enforcement Must Keep Pace With Tech-Savvy Criminals
"Today computer or computer-related crime makes up perhaps a quarter of all crimes we see," says Southern California High Technology Task Force leader.
Richmond, Virginia, Police Department Helps Lower Crime Rates with Crime Prediction Software
Virginia uses predictive crime analysis, data mining, reporting and GIS.
Baton Rouge, La., Boosts Interoperability with Regional Approach
Officials tackled interoperability for emergency response after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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Obama Administration to Propose Federal Takeover of Light-Rail, Subway Safety
State control "haphazard and ineffective," following recent "collisions, derailments and worker fatalities."
Municipal Court Converts To New Computer System
The court will be closed starting on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, through Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 to accommodate the transition.
Arizona Supreme Court: Metadata a Public Record
Phoenix police officer alleged that notes kept by his supervisor had been backdated.
UC Davis Receives Grants to Study Firearm 'Signatures'
One grant would create database of 10,000 bullets from Northern California crime labs.
Virginia Homeland Security Grants Fund Interoperable Communications
Richmond Area Microwave Information System gets largest share of the funding.
Researchers Can Predict Hurricane-Related Power Outages
Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M universities say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages in advance of a hurricane.
Top 10 Court Web Sites Honored
Reviewed 3,000 court Web sites for the 2009 awards, the 11th year of the competition.

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Russian Cops Expose Corruption on YouTube
Before the fall of the Soviet Union "complainers" like Dymovsky were often locked up in psychiatric hospitals.
Dress President Like a Donkey and Go to Jail
Hooliganism cited by government.
World's Fastest Satellite Internet Connection Could Aid Disaster Challenges
A team led by assistant professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), aims to provide solutions for disater response using high-speed satellite communication links.
EU Ready to Mandate eCall Vehicle Collision Notification System
EU-wide standards have been agreed to by industry, but six EU countries are not ready to commit, citing costs.
Workshop Examines Challenges of Coastal Migration
A recent workshop organized by LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone), a core project of the International Geosphere-Bioshphere Programme and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, has highlighted the increasing challenges of popolation mirgration.
France Passes Internet Piracy Law
Gives illegal downloaders three warnings and then pulls the Internet plug for up to a year.
Swedish Hacker Charged with Network Intrusions at Cisco and NASA
Philip Gabriel Pettersson indicted on charges including stealing source code of Cisco's Internetworking Operating System.