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• Misuse of Data Banks Could Put Police in Jail

  September 01, 2012 - Systems that law enforcement agencies use to run background checks on suspects are strictly for investigative purposes, and inappropriate use could land officers in jail. The most recent example is the indictment and arrest of former Lawrence County Chief Deputy Harold Knighten on Friday. Knighten, 41, is accused in a four-count indictment of using the Law Enforcement Tactical System, which belongs to the state, under false pretenses to check the background of an individual. Two charges are felonies and two are misdemeanors. The indictment lists the victim in Knighten's case as Christopher Lanard Hood of Town Creek. LETS is a state database, while the National Crime Information Center is a federal database. The ch...

• London Magistrate Court Update

  September 01, 2012 - A brand new state-of-the-art magistrates' court opened its doors in Marylebone on after a multi-million pound refurbishment. Built on the s...

• Costco Shoppers Want "Americans Only" Hours

  September 01, 2012 - If you've ever shopped at Costco on a weekend, you know it's like an endurance sport, with tough parking, packed crowds and competitive lin...

• Israel To Charge Parents For Child's Crimes

  September 01, 2012 - In the wake of a recent violent beating of an Arab teen by several Jewish youths in Jerusalem, an existing law that places responsibility for child...

• Local Tokyo Prefectures Passing The Buck

  September 01, 2012 - Local governments are demanding the central government take greater responsibility in managing lists of people with criminal records, saying the se...

• Fake Resumes Not Unique Problem in Asia

  September 01, 2012 - Jobseekers who tout inflated resumes is a problem that exists in both emerging and mature Asian markets, according to recruiters who suggest ways t...

• New Fingerprint Technique Determines Gender, Drug Use

  September 01, 2012 - The gender of suspects can now be determined from latent fingerprints.  Peptides and proteins left behind in fingerprints can be processed usi...

• Most Dangerous Television Towns

  September 01, 2012 - If you're looking for somewhere peaceful to spend a holiday, you might think of Oxford, somewhere quiet in Scandinavia or perhaps quaint Cabot...

• Straightline International Offers Upgrade For Free

  August 01, 2012 - Upgrade for Free Most pre-employment companies want the best search for their money spent. Especially in this economy. But what if you...

• Criminal Records Will Be Issued In Mall

  August 01, 2012 - Abu Dhabi: You can now shop and also get a criminal record certificate at Marina Mall shopping centre. For the first time across the UAE, the c...

• China To Create National Database

  August 01, 2012 - China will establish an unified criminals record system to better hold criminals' information and promote social administration, an official fr...

• Mounties Admit CPIC Records Back A Mess

  August 01, 2012 - A whopping backlog in the RCMP?s national crime records database shows no sign of getting better soon, the force has admitted. A spokesman for...

• South Korean Sex Offenders Poorly Monitored

  August 01, 2012 - The government has come under criticism for poorly managing a sex offender registry following the murder of a 10-year-old girl by a repeat sex crim...

• Nigerian Legal Sector Scores Access Breakthrough

  July 01, 2012 - The Nigerian legal community marked yet another break in technological development, as the LawPavilion, one of Nigeria's foremost online resour...

• Reality Show Helps Close Murder Case

  July 01, 2012 - A casual remark made by a teenager during a reality show on television led to the detection of a gruesome triple murder, committed in 2008 in Villu...

• CRB (Engalnd) Gets Raves From Public In New Survey

  July 01, 2012 - Earlier this year, the CRB commissioned Ipsos Mori (a market research company) to conduct two strands of customer research to find out what registe...

• Early Jail Release Might Be A Bad Thing

  July 01, 2012 - A prisoner who was granted a special remission of sentence is back behind bars after breaking into a house and raping a woman because he was bored....

• What Is A Registered Body At CRB (England)?

  July 01, 2012 - A registered body is an organisation that is registered to access the CRB checking service. Registered bodies are entitled to ask exempted ques...