Tag: Crime

Happy New Year, Murder Town USA

Filed in Delaware by on December 31, 2014 0 Comments

“ChipPeople can bury their heads in the sand and say Newsweek was being hyperbolic, but when the state’s top prosecutor says “Murder Town” is accurate, you’ve got problems.

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Are Police in Delaware Tracking You?

Filed in National by on April 29, 2012 12 Comments
Are Police in Delaware Tracking You?

If you haven’t had the chance to read Sean O’Sullivan’s article in Sunday’s News Journal about the ability of the police in Delaware to track you via your cell phone, you should do so now.

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Numb3rs: In Real Life

Filed in National by on September 6, 2011 10 Comments
Numb3rs: In Real Life

Taken straight out of Hollywood, a California police department is using software to predict when and where crime will occur.

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Guest Post: A Eulogy for Chris White

Filed in National by on April 23, 2010 17 Comments

From Representative John Kowalko (D-Newark):

I’ve known Chris White for over four years, working with him intimately over a nine month period to produce the Foreclosure Mediation Program. No one brought more knowledge, enthusiasm and dedication to crafting the successful creation of that program and, simply put, it probably would not exist today without Chris.

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Women Should Not Have This Fear

Filed in Delaware by on April 8, 2009 7 Comments

As a man, sometimes I forget how tough it is to be a woman. Seriously, no joke here. Stop Street Harassment, a blog for women about the constant harassment they face on America’s streets, blogs about a Delaware woman who was followed by a man in a pickup who was subsequently arrested. Men, think about […]

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How I Am Spending My Morning

Filed in Delaware by on January 20, 2009 20 Comments

At some point between 2AM, when I went to bed last night, and 8AM, when my wife walked my daughter to the bus, someone smashed the window of my locked car and rooted through my console and glove compartment.  I beleive that all they got was a handheld GPS that was in the console. So, […]

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The Trouble with Speed Cameras

Filed in National by on January 4, 2009 17 Comments

Kids in Montgomery County, MD have apparently discovered how to fool the speed camera in front of their school. The kids print out the targeted license plates on glossy paper, using fonts that are close to the ones the State of Maryland uses, paste the paper over the real plate and zoom through the camera’s […]

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