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Law enforcement officers demonstrate state-of-the-art crime-fighting weapons that make apprehending criminals less dangerous for both policemen and offenders. Using actual footage from real crime-fighting situations, policemen discuss, then demonstrate, the use of alternative weapons such as tear gas, percussion distraction instruments, animal nets, pervasive aqueous foam, and pepper spray. Several officers explore the personal emotions and judgment...
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What price must be paid by law enforcement officers who break ranks with their coworkers to object to incidents of police brutality and racial profiling? For officers of color who take a stand against racism, their rewards often amount to harassment and punishment. In this program, ABC News correspondent David Turecamo reports on the case of police officer DeLacy Davis, who spoke out against police brutality. Undeterred by the flack he has attracted...
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This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series focuses on a non commissioned officer academy in Germany and on the Berlin Horse Platoon. In theory and in practice, the NCO guides his men, tests them, and often has their safety in his hands. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration also showcases the Berlin Horse Platoon, a Military Police attachment that has been viewed by thousands of Berliners and...
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What is it like to be a police officer? In this Career Q&A video interview, Jason Null talks about his career path, what he does on the job, and the keys to success in the field. He also offers candid advice on breaking into the profession as well as insight into the industry's biggest challenges and how the field may change in the next ten years.
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In the early 20th century, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they could tell whether someone was lying by using a machine. Popularly known as the “lie detector,” the device was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. Instead, the lie detector became an apparatus of fear and intimidation. The Lie Detector is a tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
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How does one balance two important but sometimes competing public interests, specifically the need to hold police officers and other public officials accountable for their actions versus the need to shield them from harassment and legal liability? In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court laid the foundations of an answer in a case involving civil rights protesters who sued two police officers for arresting them at a segregated bus stop in Mississippi. Although...
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Ever wondered what it's like to get caught red-handed at the border? Fraudulent visas. Narcotics mules. Stolen art. Human trafficking. Illegal citrus. It's all part of a day's work at JFK airport in New York. Forbidden Cargo brings you an inside look at the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents at the busiest international airport in America. Nearly half a million...
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In 2014, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. This incident, along with similar ones in Cleveland, Chicago, and other cities in the months that followed, sparked a wave of protest nationwide targeting racial disparities in criminal justice and accusing the police of using excessive force against African Americans. Are these accusations valid? Is policing racially biased? Or is it focused...
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This informative program from the National Archives and Records Administration gives viewers the inside story of how the Army's colorful Military Police (MP) protect our soldiers by guarding and guiding them. This newsreel features dramatic footage presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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This program explores some of the technology that's transforming law enforcement, from a bug that can determine time of death and is admissible in court, to computer technology that can re-create a face from a body so decomposed it no longer has one. Other tools examined include night vision and stun guns, as well as personal technologies that individuals can now use to help prevent crimes. Finally, the program explores a new kind of crime, introducing...
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Professionals of one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, the men and women of the bomb squad begin work with the clock already ticking. Risking their lives to defuse devices designed to kill and maim indiscriminately, heroic tales of the squads are told in this episode of Inside Story. We follow veterans in New York City, where police find countless suspicious packages on subways and buses, to Israel, where suicide bombers pose a constant threat....
14) Border Wars
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It stretches for 2,000 miles, carving through major metropolitan areas and inhospitable deserts as it divides the U.S. from Mexico. Each year about 350 million people cross this, the busiest border in the world, not including an estimated one million undocumented immigrants. In response to a growing tide of illegal activity that includes human and drug smuggling, U.S. factions have tightened their grip on the border. But by foot or by car, immigrants...
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From minor infractions to identity theft and murder, this program sorts out categories of crimes and their severity, and lets viewers know what takes place during an arrest and arraignment. With input from prosecutors, police officers, and other experts, the video also discusses some fairly common scenarios and their constitutional parameters. Can a student's locker be searched without permission? When is evidence found without a warrant admissible...
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Join an interrnational task force in taking down two kingpins in the illegal trade of exotic animals. The task force is charged with bringing down a violent syndicate suspected of smuggling one of nature's rarest species into two of Thailand's most notorious trading sites: Chatuchak Market and Walking Street. After nearly two years of investigation and preparation, the team sets up meetings with suspected traders from each market who are dealing in...