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Police state sting operations gone wild: Police arrest black woman for LOOKING at wad of cash
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 29 days ago
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The United States incarcerates more of its citizens per capita than any other nation on the planet, a real point of contention among many policy analysts of all political stripes. So why, then, do we as a nation tolerate intentional efforts by police
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Critics blast NYPD anti-theft tactics
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Sometimes the bait is a small amount of cash in a stray wallet...Police in New York City leave the items unattended -- on subway platforms, on park benches, in cars -- and wait to see if someone grabs them. The New York Police Department says the
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Take the bait? NYPD anti-theft tactics criticized
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Sometimes the bait is a small amount of cash in a stray wallet...The New York Police Department says the practice has been a valuable tool for catching career criminals and deterring thefts in public places. But a recent court ruling throwing out a
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Car thefts: Five suspects on B.C.'s top-10 list have been caught
Vancouver :: Canada | 3 months ago
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The list of B.C.'s top 10 most wanted car-theft suspects is down to five. Less than two weeks after the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team released its notorious list, it announced Wednesday that half of them including B.C.'s first most
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B.C. bait car program to expand to target smash and grab thieves
Vancouver :: Canada | 4 months ago
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For a decade, police in B.C. have used bait cars and other vehicles to catch auto thieves; now they're planting bait property inside vehicles to nab smash-and-grab crooks. The bait car program, in which vehicles are rigged with video cameras, GPS
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Car thefts decreasing in Phoenix metropolitan area
Shanghai :: China | 9 months ago
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The Associated Press The Associated Press 2 hours ago The Phoenix metropolitan area led the nation in automobile thefts less than a decade ago. Last year, Phoenix ranked 60th among 366 metro areas in that category. Police credit the dramatic decrease
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Victoria police use bait cars packed with suitcases to catch thieves
Victoria :: Canada | 9 months ago
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Faced with a 160 per cent spike in thefts from vehicles downtown since April, Victoria police stocked "bait" cars with easily visible suitcases or laptops, iPods and other attractive items. The idea was to make the cars look like they belonged to
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Tracking devices help police recover laptops stolen from Maple Ridge schools
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Tracking devices installed by a school district in Maple Ridge have helped police return four stolen laptops. The devices allow computers to be monitored, the same as so-called bait cars...Alanna Dunlop says the school district provides Mounties with
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Detective fails to read Miranda rights on TV show
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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A reality television show that intended to catch thieves in the act has instead nabbed a Los Angeles County sheriff's detective for failing to read a suspect his constitutional rights...Anthony Shapiro testified under oath that he read a man
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Tracy: 17-year-old arrested in rash of car burglaries
Tracy :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with a rash of car burglaries and they're looking for the rightful owners of dozens of car stereos, amplifiers and speakers found in his garage, police said...Forty-five vehicles were burglarized
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