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Michigan State Continues Riot Damage Control

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - April 9, 2008

"It takes a long time to put the ship back on the right course when students do this." more >>

Morning Buzz: Tuesday, April 8, 2008

News Desk - April 8, 2008

Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general in charge of Iraq, will once again step onto Capitol Hill today to delivery testimony on the progress of the war. more >>

A Tough Cop Turns Nashville Music Agent

By Kerry Hannon - Money & Business - March 7, 2008

A California Highway Patrol assistant chief finds a second career managing singers and songwriters. more >>

Computer Evidence Helps Crack Criminal Cases

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - February 27, 2008

With American support, Colombian cybercops sharpen their technical skills. more >>

Preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China's Authorities Go After Human-Rights Advocates

By Paul Mooney - Nation & World - February 14, 2008

China's leaders see the Olympic Games as an opportunity to dazzle the world more >>

How the Chinese Authorities Silenced Dissident Hu Jia

By Paul Mooney - Nation & World - February 14, 2008

Much of the news about human-rights abuses in China emerged from the living room of Hu Jia. more >>

Democrats Pan Justice Budget

News Desk - February 5, 2008

The president's budget proposal offers both winners and losers for the Justice Department, but those differences are already stirring criticism from the Democratic Congress. The proposal for the department would cut the overall budget from last year by about $355 million, with aid to local law enforcement and to other grant programs bearing the brunt of the belt tightening. more >>

Senator Seeks Federal Money for Local Police

News Desk - January 23, 2008

Congress is hoping to bring back hundreds of millions in federal funding for local law enforcement slashed from this year's appropriations bill, a Senate staffer told the U.S. Conference of Mayors during its annual conference in Washington today. more >>

A Low-Key Response to Minor Crimes

By Thomas K. Grose - Nation & World - October 19, 2007

But are the measures not tough enough—or too tough more >>

A Host of Trouble

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - September 29, 2007

More parents are being held criminally liable for their teens' drinking parties. more >>

But Female Moped Riders Are So Cute

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 21, 2007

University of Minnesota police have issued a flurry of moped-related traffic citations this week. more >>

Latino Frat and Police Get Metaphorically Rowdy

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 20, 2007

Just as Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, University of Wisconsin officials and a Latino fraternity are at odds over a party that was canceled by university police last weekend. more >>

Campus Police and Tasers, Part 2

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 18, 2007

University of Florida senior was charged with a third-degree felony for resisting arrest with violence, but not before he was shot with a Taser gun. more >>

Police Get to Leave Poop Behind

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 5, 2007

Proving once again that the police are a privileged lot, the Madison (Wis.) City Council passed an ordinance that excuses officers on patrol from having to scoop the poop their four-legged friends leave behind. more >>

Police Officer Crashes Cruiser While Giving Ball State Students a Ride

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 31, 2007

A Muncie, Ind., police officer crashed his patrol car after taking three Ball State University freshmen on a "joy ride," the Daily News reports. more >>

Another Look at the UCLA Taser Incident

By Christina Mueller - The Paper Trail - August 2, 2007

An independent investigation of the infamous UCLA Taser incident--university police zapped a student after he refused to show his school ID, and a cellphone clip of the incident was posted on YouTube--says the officers violated use-of-force policies and guidelines of office conduct, the Daily Bruin writes. more >>

Madison Police Use Facebook to Track Parties

The Paper Trail - December 15, 2006

Police in Madison, Wis., have been using Facebook to track student parties since Halloween--and they will continue to do so in 2007. more >>

UCLA Taser Cop Was Once Officer of the Year--And Once Shot a Homeless Man

The Paper Trail - November 21, 2006

Terrence Duren is the officer who used a Taser gun to shoot UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad for failing to present an ID while in a campus library, campus police announced Monday. Duren, who was named officer of the year in 2001, also was accused of brutality in 2003, when he shot a man he believed was intruding in a university hall. more >>