Police report rise in gun alerts
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Scotland's largest police force reports an increase in the number of calls it has dealt with involving firearms.
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TORONTO (CP) - Two-thirds of banks around the world have reported an increase in the volume of suspicious activities that they report to police, a new report by KPMG suggests.
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The number of violent crimes increased by a larger amount than expected last year, extending the first significant rise in murders and robberies in 15 years, according to an FBI report released today.
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By Dan Kelly, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 8--At least two people, including an Internet user in China, accessed a supposedly confidential list of some of Berks County's 25,000 gun-permit holders, Sheriff Barry J. Jozwiak confirmed Thursday.
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Racist incidents reported to the police have risen 40% in the past three years, a report claims.
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Two-thirds of banks around the world have reported an increase in the volume of suspicious activities they report to police, a report by KPMG suggests.
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A booming illegal gun trade in Haiti has increased the number of high-powered weapons on Jamaica's streets, contributing to the island's spiraling homicide rate, the national security minister said.
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Threats against churches and prayer meetings in eastern states have risen in recent weeks.
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Sound sensors let surveillance cameras detect aggressive tones, so police can try to nip brawls in the bud.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A group of Bethlehem police suddenly noticed that the surveillance monitor of their holding cell had become more eye-catching than the episode of "COPs" on the police station television...
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Police stepped up armed patrols in south London Thursday after the month's third fatal shooting of a neighborhood teenager gave rise to mounting concern about gun crime, despite statistics that showed many such crimes dropping.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 8--Was it a prank? The photo of three young men posed with guns "gangsta-style" that law enforcers included in a warrant to investigate a robbery.
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Police departments around the country turn to sound-analysis technology to detect and report gunshots. By Amit Asaravala.
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Police are investigating a number of overnight security alerts at GAA grounds across Northern Ireland.
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ChildLine Scotland reports a sharp rise in the number of calls from young people who were being bullied.
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Plans are under way for a scheme aimed at encouraging people to inform on others who have a gun illegally.
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The number of violent crimes in the United States rose for a second straight year in 2006, marking the first sustained increase in homicides, robberies and other serious offenses since the early 1990s, according to an  FBI report to be released Monday.