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Articles tagged with: Police
UK Police Want Iris Scanners for Mobile Phones
..nder for handheld wireless devices which could include iris recognition in order to assist the police in identifying people they have stopped in the streets. According to the details of the tender, which was posted on the European Union website, more
Man claims Boston police beat him over cameraphone photos
A correctional officer filed a civil rights lawsuit against six Boston police officers Thursday, claiming they severely beat him because they became angry when they saw him filming them with his cell phone. more
PrePay Registration May be Ineffective Says Red Tape Study
.. on both industry and consumer, while not delivering a commensurate level of benefits to the police and security services. The Commission noted that while identity checks are conduced by phone retailers at the point of sale, liability for more
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Mobile Phone Thieves have Hand and Foot Amputated by Court Order
..ernal security minister and the chief of police for Mogadishu were killed last week. Somalia's government has appealed to neighboring countries, including Ethiopia and Kenya to intervene, but both have so far resisted the appeal. Ethiopian tro more
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Cumbria Police Get IMEI Scanners to Identify Stolen Mobile Phones
..vided by Radio Tactics was introduced around 18 months ago and Cumbria is joining other police forces across the UK that are piloting the devices in a bid to identify and deter criminals and communicate vital crime prevention advice around regi more
India Blocks Import of Handset Lacking Unique IMEI
..illing, which is managed by SIM identities, it does add an extra layer of proof for the police if checking who made a phone call from a specific handset. As the IMEI is transmitted when a handset connects to the mobile network, access by that h more
Mob tries to lynch teen who stole cell phone in D.R.
.. stolen from a student minutes earlier in Santiago, a city in the northern Dominican Republic, police said.The teenager said the mob grabbed, beat and stabbed him, but National Police officers arrived as people were trying to lynch the boy.The bo more
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Mob tries to lynch teen who stole cell phone in D.R.
.. stolen from a student minutes earlier in Santiago, a city in the northern Dominican Republic, police said.The teenager said the mob grabbed, beat and stabbed him, but National Police officers arrived as people were trying to lynch the boy.The bo more
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Mexican state bans cops from carrying cell phones
First local police in Monterrey lost their assault rifles after an armed confrontation with federal agents while protesting the arrest of cops for alleged gang ties. Now officers in Mexico's third-largest city will be stripped of cell phones. more
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Mobile Phone Thefts Down in France
..onal Police Administration. The administration attributed the fall to the joint efforts of the police, mobile operators and handset makers. The mobile network operators set up a shared IMEI blocking database in 2003 that makes phones reported more