Police stories - Page 6
Big brother gets crowd-sourced
Mon, 1st Nov 2010
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surveillance
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digital entertainment
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apm
A new UK website, InternetEyes, offers up to GBP £1000 for crowd-sourced reporting of crimes via live CCTV feeds, raising civil liberty concerns.
Hell Pizza customer database compromised?
Sat, 24th Jul 2010
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cloud services
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spam
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tvnz
Reports are resurfacing that Hell Pizza's online customer database has been compromised, with those on the list subsequently subjected to spam attacks.
TIG joins police squad
Mon, 21st Jun 2010
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collaboration
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police
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safety
Telecommunications Industry Group joins banks, taxis, motels and other organisations in the fight against crime.
Cloud-based community watch goes live
Mon, 3rd May 2010
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datacom
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police
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partners
Hamilton City Council, New Zealand Police and Datacom have launched the first phase of a community services partnership designed to reduce property offending.
Another net porn distributor jailed
Fri, 30th Apr 2010
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cloud services
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police
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security
A Wellington man, Daniel Jess Moore, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his role in an international child sex abuse network.
Minister orders investigation into 111
Fri, 26th Feb 2010
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government
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outage
The government has launched an investigation in the failure of some emergency 111 calls in Auckland this morning.
China's texting to be censored
Fri, 22nd Jan 2010
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police
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china unicom
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china telecom
China implements stricter measures on text messaging, with content deemed “illegal or unhealthy” leading to suspension of privileges.
A call for excellence
Tue, 17th Nov 2009
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awards
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police
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public sector
Nominations are open for the 2010 Gen-i Public Sector Excellence Awards, recognizing stars in the public sector.
Driven to distraction
Tue, 30th Jun 2009
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driving
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texting
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police
New Zealand may ban holding mobile phones while driving by year-end, possibly imposing a NZD $50 fine or 25 demerit points; handsfree remains allowed.