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Preventing gun suicides may require changes to background check laws
November 21, 2016 - Gun control laws that mandate a background check before a gun can be temporarily transferred to a friend or family member may interfere with suicide prevention efforts, researchers say. The research team looked at what happens when people want to temporarily remove firearms from their home because they fear someone in the house might be considering a suicide attempt. In some states, they found, gun control laws may actually hamper the ability to easily transfer a gun temporarily to reduce suicide risk. What's needed, according to Jon S. Vernick of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore and colleagues, are laws that allow for temporary storage of guns by federally licensed firearm dealers,...
Criminal background checks go mobile in Rhode Island
November 11, 2016 - The attorney general's office will hold events in August to provide national and state checks in local communities. The Rhode Is...
PSNI get greater access to European files
October 28, 2016 - The authorities in Northern Ireland are to be granted access to criminal records in more European countries. It is part of an extens...
Police propose to exile those with criminal records
October 25, 2016 - In a bid to curb hooliganism in the district, police have suggested a drastic measure to exile as many as 152 individuals with past crime records....
Johor police cripple international drug syndicate in Ayer Hitam, Yong Peng
October 14, 2016 - Police raids at two illegal syabu laboratories near Ayer Hitam and Yong Peng on Saturday morning has crippled an international drug syndicate....
New Zealand criminals are strolling into Australia without background checks
October 11, 2016 - New Zealand criminals are strolling into Australia without background checks as the number of Kiwi deportations swells. There is mou...
Criminal records now available online
September 28, 2016 - It is now possible for Portuguese citizens to consult and request their criminal records or clearance via the Internet. Records are...
3 things to know about getting criminal records cleared
September 15, 2016 - This Saturday, Asbury Park Community Action Network will host a forum on expungement , as part of its efforts to help people with criminal records...
Japan to start background checks of nuclear workers in anti-terrorism effort
September 09, 2016 - The nation’s nuclear watchdog decided Wednesday to require background checks for workers at nuclear power plants and other facilities as part...
Belgium machete attacker was Algerian with criminal record
August 26, 2016 - A machete-wielding man who attacked and wounded two policewomen in Belgium was an Algerian national who had "a criminal record but was not kno...
Seoul to require criminal records of new foreign sailors
July 29, 2016 - Foreign sailors seeking to work for South Korean ships may be required to submit their criminal records while their South Korean captains and colle...
Two arrested in connection with Nice attack
July 21, 2016 - French authorities arrested an Albanian couple Sunday in connection with the Nice terror attacks that killed 84 people last week, the Paris prosecu...
Private tutors 'must face criminal records checks'
July 19, 2016 - All self-employed tutors should be legally required to have a criminal records check before they can offer private lessons to children in the UK, c...
More than 13,000 foreign criminals awaiting deportation from UK
June 17, 2016 - The figure, which includes thousands of European citizens, reveals 'clear inefficiencies' in the process of sending foreign offenders back...
MEPs urges others to share criminal records of non-EU nationals
June 16, 2016 - The European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), which EU countries use to exchange information on the criminal convictions of EU citi...
Ministers of European Parliament seek better information sharing of criminal records for EU national
June 10, 2016 - Civil Liberties Committee Ministers of European Parliament (MEP) on Tuesday called for the addition of non-European Union (EU) nationals to the Eur...
Criminal records system computerized in Jamaica
June 07, 2016 - The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) criminal records system is now computerized at a cost of approximately $98.1 million. E...
German Crime Figures May Raise Voter Security Fears
May 27, 2016 - Germany recorded a sharp rise in a range of criminal offenses last year, a development that could add to voters’ mounting concerns about secu...
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