Crime Rates: Up or Down?

Burglaries in the U.S. are down, can you theorize as to why this may be the case?

Guns on Campus

In Utah, college students not only carry their cell phones to class....

Juvenile Hate Crime

The story here discusses a hate crime against a young boy who others saw as an outsider because of his dress....

The Death Penalty for Detainees???

The U.S. government is seeking to actually go to trial with some of the detainees and pursue the death penalty as punishment. Many issues surround this process including the due process of those being detained.

Big Brother or Just Good Prevention Measures?

The FBI wants to collection data on your physical features...

Drinking on Campus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22916662/

Links for Friday's Discussion on the Use of Tasers by Law Enforcement

Recent medical studies hail the safe use of conducted energy weapons
http://www.policeone.com/less-lethal/articles/1461642

Study: Tasers safe for police work
http://www.policeone.com/police-products/less-lethal/taser/articles/1362122

Study: Tasers make police work safer
http://www.policeone.com/less-lethal/articles/1650655

Hands-on versus nonlethal weapons -- Sponsored by TASER
http://www.policeone.com/writers/columnists/gregmeyer/articles/137369


Destroying Myths & Discovering Cold Facts
http://www.policeone.com/writers/columnists/ForceScience/articles/94508


Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths
and ill-treatment involving police use of tasers
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=1A01E91E134A327080256F190042408D