Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Arkansas Town Enacts Martial Law
January 30th, 2013Via: Salon: Following a rise in violent crime in Paragould, an Arkansas town of around 26,000 residents, the mayor and police chief announced that starting this month police in SWAT gear carrying AR-15s would patrol the streets. “If you’re out walking, we’re going to stop you, ask why you’re out walking, and check for your […]
Homeland Security Researching New Public Surveillance System
January 27th, 2013Via: Business Insider: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secret Service have requested information to support the installation of a gunshot detection system in Washington D.C. Such a system is already in place in various cities, as outlined last May by The New York Times, and it records a whole lot more than […]
Google Earth Exposes North Korea’s Secret Prison Camps
January 26th, 2013Via: Telegraph: Human rights activists are turning to Google Earth to identify the vast network of prison camps that dot the North Korean countryside and hold as many as 200,000 people deemed hostile to the regime.
NYPD Will Begin Testing New Device That Scans People for Concealed Weapons
January 25th, 2013Via: New York Daily News: Get ready for scan-and-frisk. The NYPD will soon deploy new technology allowing police to detect guns carried by criminals without using the typical pat-down procedure, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday. The department just received a machine that reads terahertz — the natural energy emitted by people and inanimate objects […]
Pregnant Pauls Valley Mother Dies in Jail
January 16th, 2013Via: KFOR: A Pauls Valley family is forced to deal with tragedy after a 33-year-old mother dies from a medical condition while being held at the Garvin County jail. The victim in this case is Jamie Lynn Russell. Jamie also used the last name of Fisher. Her death came just hours after she went to […]
Florida: Sheriff’s Office Wants to Fly Drones Over Orange County Skies
January 13th, 2013Via: Orlando Sentinel: The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is experimenting with two surveillance drones that it hopes to turn loose over Metro Orlando skies this summer. Sheriff’s spokesman Jeff Williamson would not reveal specific uses for the drones, larger versions of which are known for flying over tribal regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan to drop […]
Police Search for Prescription Drugs as Man Spends Final Moments with Deceased Wife
January 7th, 2013Via: Deseret News: A man says Vernal police disrupted an intimate moment of mourning with his deceased wife of 58 years when they searched his house for her prescription medication without a warrant within minutes of her death. Barbara Alice Mahaffey died of colon cancer in her bedroom last May. Ben D. Mahaffey, 80, said […]
NYPD to Use Internet to Try to Stop Mass Shootings
December 22nd, 2012Mmm hmm. Via: New York Times: Top intelligence officials in the New York Police Department met on Thursday to examine ways to search the Internet to identify potential “deranged” gunmen before they strike, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said. “The techniques would include cyber-searches of language that mass-casualty shooters have used in e-mails and Internet […]
Irving Women Claim Assault, Humiliation After Roadside Cavity Search
December 19th, 2012Update: Troopers Indicted After Roadside Cavity Search Of Two Women Via: CBS: CBS-11 has learned two state troopers involved in a controversial roadside cavity search of two North Texas women have been indicted on criminal charges by a Dallas County Grand Jury. CBS-11 has learned that one of the troopers, Kelley Helleson, who left the […]
British Police Use Alternating Current Frequency Fluctuations to Authenticate Audio Recordings
December 12th, 2012Via: BBC: For the last seven years, at the Metropolitan Police forensic lab in south London, audio specialists have been continuously recording the sound of mains electricity. It is an all pervasive hum that we normally cannot hear. But boost it a little, and a metallic and not very pleasant buzz fills the air. … […]
