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A Day in the Life of a Paralegal

May 15, 2012

For every theatre director there is a steadfast stage manager and for every President of the United States there is the White House Chief of Staff; for every successful lawyer and attorney there is a highly skilled paralegal whose duties, contrary to what some may believe, far transcend clerical work. There is no typical day [...]

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FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)

May 11, 2012

The FBI’s Podcasts and Radio page offers a fascinating account of what it’s like to be a Behavioral Analyst. “Making sense of the incomprehensible. That’s the specialty of the eight agents of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit-2, or BAU-2”, shares FBI’s Mollie Halpern. “They get inside the twisted minds of serial murderers like Ted Bundy, [...]

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Border Patrol Careers

May 8, 2012

A look back throughout the years at the various awards received by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agents demonstrates the variety of careers within this sector of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. For example, Agriculture Specialist Linda Holse, for stopping potentially devastating infested mangoes from entering the country on two separate occasions, and [...]

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How K-9 Dogs Are Trained

May 4, 2012

Warden Paul Cardoza of the California Department of Fish and Game has one of the most loyal partners there is. His colleague is named Kilo, a German Shepherd-Malinois mix, and has been devotedly helping Cardoza catch numerous poachers and work on various law enforcement cases. Once Kilo found a firearm while searching a murder scene; [...]

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Tracking Fugitive Peter Keller to His Rattlesnake Ridge Bunker

May 1, 2012

Of all the various criminal justice careers that exist, did you know that “mantracker” is among them? Troy Chaffee and another King County, Washington sheriff’s deputy put their extensive tracking experience to use this past Thursday in search of a fugitive suspected of double murder. Chaffee and the female deputy disguised themselves as a couple [...]

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Hiring Our Heroes – Job Fairs for Military Veterans

April 28, 2012

The Associated Press ran an interesting article earlier today: “Vets navigate tough new terrain – the job market” by Sharon Cohen. The piece discussed how veterans are struggling to find work in the civilian world once they are finished their military tours. According to the AP, the unemployment rate for veterans who have served since [...]

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Family Launches Lawsuit against Alleged Facebook Cyberbullies

April 26, 2012

A year ago, 14-year old Alex Boston showed up to her Kennesaw, Georgia school to meet a cold reception from friends and classmates. Some asked her why she said such terrible things to them on Facebook. Alex quickly found out about a phony Facebook page that had been set up with her name and her [...]

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NYC Archives Collection of 870,000 Images Includes Crime Scene Photos

April 24, 2012

Today, New York City’s Municipal Archives officially launched its online gallery. It took Archives’ staff four years to scan 870,000 of their 2.2 million images (dating as far back as the mid 19th century) to make them available online for the entire world to see. Crime scene photography is highlighted among the collection. According to [...]

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Possible Lead in Etan Patz Case?

April 22, 2012

On May 25, 1979, a six-year old boy vanished from his SoHo neighborhood never to be seen again except on milk cartons across the country. It was young Etan Patz’s first time walking to the bus stop by himself, a landmark two blocks away from his family loft. His disappearance prompted President Ronald Reagan to [...]

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U.S. Secret Service Scandal

April 18, 2012

The news wires have been flooded with information/speculations on a scandal in Cartagena, Columbia, since U.S. Secret Service agents and military personnel were allegedly caught with escorts in their hotel rooms last week. Before President Barack Obama’s arrival in Cartagena for the Summit of the Americas, 11 Secret Service Agents and 10 or more military [...]

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