NewsWatch: Public Safety -- Executed Man Gets a New Day in Court

Police Force Tweets Sparking Interest
The Greater Manchester, UK Police force has set up a 24-hour Twitter feed so every call it receives can be made public. It has received about 2,000 emergency calls varying from a robbery in Salford to cows loose in Atherton. The Twitter feed has caught the interest of members of the public -- 12,000 people were following it on the social networking site at one point. BBC

Executed Man Gets a New Day in Court
A courtroom in Austin, Texas, was packed Thursday when a judge convened an unusual hearing into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham -- six years after he was executed. An arson investigation concluded, after the 1991 fire that killed Willingham's three toddler daughters, that the fire was set using an accelerant. But a fire expert told the court Thursday that forensic evidence once thought to prove that fires were deliberately set has since been shown to be present in accidental fires. Wall Street Journal

Off-Duty Deputy Nabs Sex Offender
Sheriff's Detective John Grubb, who works for the sexual predator/offender tracking unit, interviewed convicted sex offender Thomas Manning Hook when Hook moved to Clearwater, Fla., from South Carolina last summer. Detectives do those interviews so they'll be familiar with the sex offenders in their communities. That strategy paid off when Grubb recognized Hook, and caught him shoplifting candy and children's sticker books at a store. Hook was wearing a deputy's badge and had a stun gun in his car. St. Petersburg Times

Ticketing Unlocked Cars Dead Issue
The public got so keyed up, the police chief in Upper Moreland, Pa., is backing off proposed fines for those who fail to lock their cars. Philadelphia Inquirer