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Earlier Policing stories

'Child protection' database slammed as plod data mine

Troubled kids' pasts open to investigators

26 Aug 09:54

No snapping: Photographers get collars felt

Watch where you point that thing this weekend

23 Aug 09:02

Lag log leaks - Home Office contractor loses entire prison population

Secure database + idiot + memory stick

22 Aug 07:13

Surveillance Teddy nabs granny-bag robber

Part soft toy, part robot - all cop

19 Aug 11:15

Three found guilty of web extremism plot

Jihadi literature spread online

18 Aug 15:33

Librarian of child abuse networking site jailed indefinitely

Cradle of depravity

18 Aug 14:39

National DNA database grows on the genes of the innocent

Kids swell numbers

18 Aug 09:52

Mashed up Met Police crime maps go online

Plan your next spree

15 Aug 12:13

Tories call for more freedom for snoopers

Police nose bunged up with red tape

12 Aug 14:27

Aussie cops reopen 7,000 DNA convictions

Melbourne police admit errors

8 Aug 10:43

FBI sets out case against anthrax 'rogue scientist'

Strong but circumstantial - is there still room for doubt?

7 Aug 11:02

Top Jock cop calls for universal DNA database

Bampot polis

7 Aug 10:02

Tasing of unarmed opposition peaks among firearms cops

Station 'leccy bill to blame?

5 Aug 14:57

Inside the tent, the best bioterrorist money could buy?

Bruce Ivins, US government scientist, and anthrax terrorist?

4 Aug 11:53

Plods say it's OK for them give out your DNA

But not theirs

30 Jul 09:02

Citizens's panel demands policing for DNA database

But not by the police

30 Jul 01:02

Home Office to order fingerprinting of air passengers

Updated T5 plan back, but bigger and nastier

28 Jul 12:00

Sutton Police bribe kids to behave

Haven't they heard of databases and CCTV?

25 Jul 14:18

Police told: Delete old criminal records

Dump innocents' DNA while you're at it

22 Jul 09:20

New Criminal Information Quango sighted

Ex-mandarin hides plans for world domination behind criticism of Police

21 Jul 07:02

Criminal record checks could hit over 14 million people

Analysis New CRB regs produce a nation of suspects

14 Jul 07:02

Criminal record checks: More often wrong than right

Just how well do they protect children?

9 Jul 10:32

Bavaria sanctions police spyware

Trojan horse rides roughshod over opposition

7 Jul 11:31

eBay Terror Ambulances of DEATH menace UK - top cops

Blues Brothers law sought vs al-Qaeda strip-o-bomb-o-grams

30 Jun 11:49

Judge points laser dazzler man towards prison

Four months for plodcopter attack

27 Jun 11:16

Boris' crime map plan comes unstuck

Victims' privacy at risk

25 Jun 11:45

Staff internet policies must be Facebook-ready, warns expert

Web 2.0-up your regs

25 Jun 11:43

Automated profiling tech is crap, says Home Office

Um, does that include Project Semaphore, then?

24 Jun 13:47

Leeds thieves target Ford Focus chips

Stick 'em your Sky box, get free telly

23 Jun 12:09

Sweden ushers in bugging for all

Amended bill voted through

18 Jun 21:22

DARPA working on T-ray spyeye spectacle tech

Offers Vatican Jesus conspiracy and nudity bonanza

17 Jun 11:42

Pentagon hacker vows to take extradition fight to Europe

McKinnon begins nail-biting Lords wait amid claims of US threats

16 Jun 17:54

Mobile fingerprinting heads to another 10 police forces

NPIA raises the blue Lantern

11 Jun 14:33

Another police website hacked

First the Home Office, now local plods

10 Jun 14:40

City of London pilots national fraud project

Banks can report e-crime

6 Jun 06:02

Qinetiq ships first 'Transformer' war-droid

Cunningly disguised as heavily armed killer robot

5 Jun 12:17

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