Oct 28, 2008 -
Mobile fingerprint scanners are hitting the beat in the UK, helping police officers issue identity checks on the street. Right now, police must take a suspect into custody to issue fingerprint checks.
Thanks to the scanner, the size of a cell phone, the time of checking identity would go form from 67 minutes, to five, thus reducing the number of police needed by 366 officers.
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Oct 22, 2008 -
Drunk drivers are losing part of their 15 minutes of shame after a judge's ruling deemed that New York's Nassau County had been violating due process by posting the mug shots of DWI suspects on its Internet "Wall of Shame." The county began posting the mug shots of DWI arrests on Memorial Day, and has since been sued by one woman who was pictured. She said the online gallery was unconstitutional as it was posted before her trial.
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Jan 13, 2008 -
What do a senior Clinton adviser and Lindsay Lohan have in common? A stylish mug shot and an arrest for DWI, apparently. The night before the New Hampshire primary (and Clinton's big win) campaign adviser Sidney Blumenthal was arrested in Nashua for aggravated DWI after being caught by police traveling 70 mph in a 30 mph zone and subsequently failing a field sobriety test.
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