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Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol.

Moss Point gets new technology in patrol cars

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:38:03 -0400

MOSS POINT, Mississippi - Moss Point patrol cars are now equipped with new technology to help officers record events as they happen and track criminal activity. The new equipment comes from a $132,000 Juvenile Accountability block grant through the Department of Public Safety.

Teacher removes explosive from Colorado school

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:40:11 -0400

DENVER - A teacher removed a suspicious package left inside a northern Colorado school that was later determined to be an active explosive, authorities said Tuesday.

States seek to fix gun background check backlog

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:53:24 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Connecticut officials are setting aside millions of dollars to address backlogs in background checks that have soared into the thousands since the December school shooting in the state, which is one of several struggling with bottlenecks as people rush to buy guns ahead of new restrictions.

Police technology has ups and downs

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:45:21 -0400

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri - New technology being used by police in the southeast Missouri town of Cape Girardeau is being called a great crime-fighting aid. But others think it's an invasion of privacy.

Police, politicians push surveillance post-Boston

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:49:53 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more electronic eyes on their streets.

UK police to track dementia patients using GPS

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:31:59 -0400

LONDON - A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a technique already used by health and welfare agencies but condemned by some campaigners as "barbaric."

Del. police issue 2,000 distracted driving tickets

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:38:34 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Police in Delaware issued more than 2,000 tickets to drivers in a crackdown on using handheld cellphones behind the wheel.

City official wants LAPD access to traffic cameras

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:30:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police should have access to the city's real-time traffic cameras following the Boston Marathon bombings, where surveillance footage proved vital to the manhunt for suspects, a councilman said Wednesday.

NJ court upholds police use of 'flash-bang' device

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:30:58 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Police who raided a Monmouth County man's home in 2007 were justified in using a "flash-bang" device as a diversion before entering, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Photos force suspects' move, breaking bombing case

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:16:57 -0400

BOSTON - Moments after investigators went before television cameras to broadcast photos of two men in ball caps wanted for the Boston Marathon bombing, queries from viewers started cascading in - 300,000 hits a minute that overwhelmed the FBI's website.