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Free military surplus gear a boon to local Calif. law enforcement

A Pentagon equipment giveaway worth an estimated $2.8 billion has bolstered police, sheriff’s and fire departments across the country over the...
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Sloppy investigations leave abuse of disabled unsolved

At California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled, a poorly trained and hamstrung police force bungles investigations into physical...
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Border agency's rapid growth accompanied by rise in corruption

Since October 2004, 132 U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees have been indicted or convicted on corruption-related charges. Rapid expansion...
Public Safety
May 23, 2012

Solano County won’t review 300 more autopsies

Dr. Thomas Gill’s forensic pathology career already was scarred by numerous autopsy mistakes...
Public Safety
May 15, 2012

Issa blasts costly airport-security machines languishing in storage

An estimated $184 million worth of security-screening equipment purchased by the federal government...
Public Safety
May 14, 2012

State, tech companies build alliances to combat sex trafficking

Last year, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined attorneys general across the country in...
Public Safety
May 11, 2012

Business growing for 2 Calif. drone-makers

A pair of defense firms based in California that specialize in manufacturing pilotless aircraft,...
Public Safety
May 11, 2012

High-tech plan to block prison cell phones 'unwise,' report says

A deal between Gov. Jerry Brown's administration and a private communications company to deploy...
Public Safety
May 10, 2012

Oakland VA office mishandled claims, inspector general finds

Staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oakland office regularly made incorrect decisions...
Public Safety headlines from the Daily Report archive.

In N.Y. and Calif., different approaches to patient abuse reform

Court decision on police GPS spying unclear, researchers say

Prosecutors failed to share autopsy review with murder defendants

In patient abuse cases, reforms come slowly

Ex-ICE intelligence chief pleads guilty to embezzlement

Berkeley pot dispensary biggest casualty of crackdown

Calif. still leads nation in Iraq, Afghan war casualties

Threats of terrorism, violence at border overblown, study says

Citizens fear reporting 'suspicious activity' will hurt the innocent

Bills aim to alert local police to developmental center injuries

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