NewsWatch: Public Safety -- No to Muslim Headscarves

Court: County Lockup Can Ban Employee's Muslim Headscarves
A U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia says prison officials can ban employees from wearing Muslim headscarves out of safety concerns. They say prison officials have legitimate concerns the headscarves can hide contraband or be used by an inmate to choke someone. Miami Herald

Dallas Moves Forward to Ban Marijuana Substitute K2
 After some discussion about the dangers of the marijuana substitute K2, the  Dallas City Council's Public Safety Committee agreed to move forward on banning its possession and sale in the city. K2 is legally sold around the city with the promise that it provides a high along the lines of marijuana.  Dallas Morning News

Town Posts Mug Shots on Facebook, Mugs Object
The New Hampshire town of Boscawen is posting mug shots of people who've been arrested. And some of those whose alleged digressions have appeared on the social media website are crying foul. Scott Hooper says his 17-year-old son is an honor student whose only blemish is an underage drinking charge that landed him on Facebook for all to see. Boston Globe

Ride Along: NBA's Tyreke Evans Pursuit and Arrest (Video)
Ride along in a California Highway Patrol aircraft following the Sacramento Kings' Tyreke Evans at up to 130 mph until his arrest. YouTube

Too Many Laws, Too Many Prisoners
Justice is harsher in America than in any other rich country, according to this article in The Economist. If those on parole or probation are included, one adult in 31 is under "correctional" supervision. As a proportion of its total population, America incarcerates five times more people than Britain, nine times more than Germany and 12 times more than Japan. State lock-ups are only slightly less stuffed. The Economist

Miranda Rights Warnings to Change
You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you're remaining silent. You have a right to a lawyer -- before, during and after questioning, even though the police don't have to tell you exactly when the lawyer can be with you. This year, the Supreme Court made major revisions to the now familiar Miranda warnings. The rulings will change the ways police, lawyers and criminal suspects interact amid what experts call an attempt to pull back some of the rights that Americans have become used to over recent decades. Law.com

Six Cities to Train Mail Carriers to Dispense Anti-Terror Drugs
The Postal Service is ready to deliver lifesaving drugs to about a quarter of the residents of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the only metropolitan area in the nation where letter carriers have been trained to dispense medication after a large-scale terrorist attack involving biological weapons. USA Today