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St. Louis Courthouse Becomes Test Site For Facial Recognition Security Program
February 12, 2014 - St. Louis Courthouse Becomes Test Site For Facial Recognition Security Program It took three minutes for James Palmer to make it from the entrance of an Arkansas courthouse to the chambers of the judge he intended to kill. Dressed in a long coat that hid two handguns and a rifle, Palmer went undetected on Sept. 13, 2011 — until he started firing. A secretary was injured in the leg, but the judge was at home that day. Palmer fired more than 70 rounds before dying in a firefight with officers. St. Louis judges considered such a scenario in approving a pilot program for security at the Carnahan Courthouse downtown that brings a new twist to law enforcement’s emerging use of facial recognition technology. Unlike p...
Report says security background check company received $16 million in awards
February 11, 2014 - The company that performs many of the federal government’s security background checks received $16 million in incentive awards even as it too...
More Virginia Court Records Go Online
February 10, 2014 - After years of resistance, Chesterfield County’s Circuit Court clerk plans to put all criminal court information on the state’s searcha...
Florida Law Firm Discusses Legality of Websites Hosting Mugshots
February 06, 2014 - One of the most significant statutes upholding the rights of the people in the United States is the principle that in a court of law those charged...
Why Criminal DNA Records Should Be Public
February 05, 2014 - New technologies in law enforcement are often mismanaged, with the result being waves of collective fear. The FBI released a report in January abou...
RAM Scrapers at Heart of Massive Retail Credit Data Breaches
February 03, 2014 - Attackers most likely used a random access memory scraper to compromise point of sale terminals at Target and Neiman Marcus, and then steal credit...
Potential Employers are Scaling Back Social Media Screening
January 31, 2014 - Your social media accounts may finally be safe from the prying eyes of potential employers. Background checks that include social media searches ar...
Tennessee Driving Records Now Available Online
January 27, 2014 - State officials are giving Tennessee residents an online option to access driving records. The Department of Safety and Homeland Security has l...
Dennis Brownstein Extreme Court News
January 23, 2014 - Bottle-Rocket-Shot-Out-Of-Anus Lawsuit Settled A lawsuit filed against Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity by a Marshall University baseball player who...
Subscription service providing online access to WV courts
January 21, 2014 - An online subscription service is providing online access to West Virginia court records in an effort to make it easier for individuals and entitie...
Maine Probate Courts Put Records Online
January 17, 2014 - When Dana Hanley was elected probate judge in Oxford County 17 years ago, the registrar and clerks were using typewriters to fill out standard form...
BRB: Monroe County, NY Court Information
January 15, 2014 - General Information and Requests The County Clerk is the Clerk of Supreme and County Courts and is responsible for maintaining the court files...
Killers, victims often have something in common — crime record
January 13, 2014 - I've examined data behind the city's (Indianapolis) 2013 homicide numbers in hopes we could have a conversation about a difficult topic &md...
Elizabeth Warren Takes On Pre-Employment Credit Checks
January 09, 2014 - Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has received an outpouring of praise since she introduced the Equal Employment for All Act. Co-sponsored by six fel...
What's Your Hit Ratio?
January 07, 2014 - Spot-checks on people already working in Australian child-related employment cane back with 30 records found. They checked over 85,000 current...
Les Rosen's Corner
January 07, 2014 - San Francisco Proposes Ordinance to Ban Asking about Criminal Records Legislation proposed by members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...
U.S. Has More School Shootings Than The Rest Of The World Combined
January 03, 2014 - On Dec. 13th, an 18-year-old walked into Arapahoe High School and shot a female senior before taking his own life. Rather than a freak incident...
Would Employment Screening Companies Go This Far?
December 26, 2013 - Do any employment screening companies go this far? John Nagle, who famously highlighted the massive problems with Craigslist spam a few years a...
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