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Policing

Distrust means cop databases suffer arrested development

EU and Lords highlight hurdles

13 Nov 11:43

MoJ cancels tender for prison mobe detectors

Fails to find suitable provider

13 Nov 10:11

Police vet live music, DJs for 'terror risk'

Locking down garage...and RnB, basement

11 Nov 15:43

DNA convictions fall as database doubles in size

Magic database finds 0.36% of crimes

11 Nov 12:30

Preventive policing? Don't even think about it

Police 'randomly searching every fifth person'

7 Nov 15:17

Study clears cannabis of schizophrenia rap

No greater risk than general non-tokers

6 Nov 13:19

The DNA database and you

Special Report How big is it? How many get off it? Your questions answered...

6 Nov 11:02

Police collar kid for Wi-Fi pinching

Exclusive Teen arrested for camping on next door's net

30 Oct 12:32

Touchscreen robo-pharmacist calls for more CCTV snooping

Panopticon vs smash'n'grab smellies blagburst

30 Oct 10:14

No2ID shakes fist at plod print scanner plan

Dodgy tech not the solution

27 Oct 16:35

Prof: 'Taser-proof vests put cops in danger'

Tinfoil waistcoat could have someone's eye out

21 Oct 11:55

Interpol proposes world face-recognition database

Old skool mugshot files too slow, say globocops

20 Oct 14:43

Jacqui Smith trails überdatabase plans

Let's have a consensus

15 Oct 12:40

Home Secretary rejects McKinnon anti-extradition plea

Game over for Pentagon hacker?

13 Oct 17:11

Taser rival offers cops 'Trade in your Taser' zapgun deal

Also punts remote-control electroshock handcuffs

10 Oct 11:31

Yahoo! engineer arrested in Indian terror swoop

Authorities arrest 15, including three 'terror techies'

7 Oct 14:52

Get snapping for Freedom

Taking on the Surveillance Society is no picnic

7 Oct 13:44

Credit agencies get death lists

Fighting ID fraud with weekly updates

6 Oct 11:17

US sky marshals submit to Heart of Gold randomware

Nobody could have predicted this

2 Oct 11:03

Home Office finally approves UK cybercoppers

E-crime unit gets green light but overlap worries remain

1 Oct 10:35

German cyberplods raid Pirate Party on Skype Trojan mole hunt

BayernTrojaner controversy heats up

18 Sep 14:43

NPIA extends Holmes 2 agreement

Plod gets crimes enquiry system until 2011

16 Sep 09:28

Vehicle spy-cam data to be held for five years

'Spose it might come in handy eh?

15 Sep 12:59

Child abusers adopt blackmail tactics

Police agency warns of changing paedophile strategies

12 Sep 10:34

Parents plant spyware to snare sex predator

Court sin-bins ice hockey coach

10 Sep 11:14

NYC invites 911 crime-busting snaps

Emergency 2.0

10 Sep 11:02

DNA database costs soar

Prying is pricey

5 Sep 12:35

Chubby crims more likely to leave dabs

'You're nicked, fatty'

5 Sep 12:06

Hi-tech cops lose their website

Forget to re-register did we?

4 Sep 12:02

Aussie Customs in presentational-aid crackdown

Prang peril pointers fingered

2 Sep 10:27

Customs raids tech trade show

IFA Armed agents search for patent infringers

29 Aug 14:40

Erotic artist urges spanking for Jacqui Smith

'Extreme porn' definition dithering drags on

29 Aug 10:46

'Child protection' database slammed as plod data mine

Troubled kids' pasts open to investigators

26 Aug 09:54

No snapping: Photographers get collars felt

Watch where you point that thing this weekend

23 Aug 09:02

Lag log leaks - Home Office contractor loses entire prison population

Secure database + idiot + memory stick

22 Aug 07:13

Surveillance Teddy nabs granny-bag robber

Part soft toy, part robot - all cop

19 Aug 11:15

Three found guilty of web extremism plot

Jihadi literature spread online

18 Aug 15:33

Librarian of child abuse networking site jailed indefinitely

Cradle of depravity

18 Aug 14:39

National DNA database grows on the genes of the innocent

Kids swell numbers

18 Aug 09:52

Mashed up Met Police crime maps go online

Plan your next spree

15 Aug 12:13

Tories call for more freedom for snoopers

Police nose bunged up with red tape

12 Aug 14:27

Aussie cops reopen 7,000 DNA convictions

Melbourne police admit errors

8 Aug 10:43

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