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U.S. VP Joe Biden´s gun control panel with comprehensive plan to secure schools including more police.

The Obama administration is considering funding many more police officers in public schools to secure campuses, a leading Democratic senator said, part of a broad gun violence agendathat is likely to include a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips and universal background checks. The school safety initiative, one of several under consideration, would make federal dollars [...]

23 Reasons why not decriminalize drugs use.

The following is stated in the investigation made by the Norwegian Narcotics Governmental Committee  which members, more than 100 consultative bodies, has made a public statement in late February. The picture that emerges is the following: 1) the drug situation in Norway is improving, 2) law enforcement efforts should be reinforced, 3) amicable measures for [...]

New York police deploy remote sensing technology

The Americas Post - Now Big Brother can see right through your clothes.  Photo Credit:  NYPD

It’s not just in the airport anymore.  The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is working in collaboration with the United States Department of Defense to control illegal firearms by deploying technology to detect concealed weapons carried by people walking down the street. Using infrared rays, the system scans a “form of radiation emitted from [...]

CELAC criticizes United States and Britain

The Americas Post - The new club is open but the US and Canada are not invited.

A newly formed Latin American and Caribbean organization has issued statements in support of Argentina’s claim to sovereignty over the British-ruled Falkland Islands and against U.S. sanctions on Cuba at the end of its first two-day summit. However, the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, declined to engage in stronger anti-Western [...]

TOC and Drug Trafficking undermining World Security.

Addressing today the Security Council in New York, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC Mr. Yury Fedotov today called for coordinated and concerted efforts to address the threat of transnational organized crime. Mr. Fedotov said to the Security Council that transnational organized crime TOC and drug trafficking are [...]

Argentina´s “skirmish on drugs” : most arrested are poor women and foreigners.

In Argentina, most people arrested for drug offenses are women or foreigners, according to study made by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and ngo Intercambios. “Imprisoned for drug offenses in Argentina” is the title of the research that will be presented tomorrow at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires UBA (Santiago [...]

UK Security against Riots and Looting: Social Policies, integration of police with society and Zero tolerance will be the mix in England.

After the riots in England, a U.S. street crime expert has been hired by the Cameron government. Prime Minister David Cameron (Conservative Party) has taken a hard line on rioting in statements this week after returning from his summer holiday and recalling parliament. He has also come under attack for austerity measures his government is [...]

Judge Baltasar Garzón called for citizens responsibility in security policies.

During a lecture under the XXIX Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights which concluded on August 19th at the American Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica, the Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón said that governments foster instability among citizens when politicians elaborate security policies without consulting the people. Garzón  called upon the american states to include [...]

Central America will approve its Strategic Security Plan next June 23rd.

SAN SALVADOR – The Integration System of Central America (SICA) announced today that Central America has prepared its security plan that will be submitted next June 22nd in Guatemala to all countries and cooperating bodies of the region. The plan was completed in a meeting in San Salvador on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the participation [...]

Criminal Identification News: “databank” with DNA samples and fingerprints from all prisoners, in Uruguay.

Uruguay seeks to create a genetic database with the DNA of all prison population. The proceeds will not be invasive, just mouth/buccal samples, or from neck, armpit or other body part. In that sense the Constitution and Law Committee of the Senate of Uruguay advances in the treatment of the draft bill to create DNA [...]

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