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Graffiti Tracker, the brainchild of graduate student and crime analyst Timothy Kephart, uses global positioning systems (GPS), digital photography and computer databases to track and catch graffiti artists. The system - dubbed Graffiti Analysis/Intelligence Tracking System (GAITS) - takes pictures of graffiti, using GPS cameras that record the date, time and exact location. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cities turn to GPS to wipe out graffiti May 30, 2007
Takeaway: Graffiti Tracker, now being used by several cities, uses global positioning systems, digital photography and computer databases to nab taggers. Global positioning systems, digital photography and computer databases are joining the humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti and catch its shadowy perpetrators. (TechRepublic)
Fake Kidnappings Spread May 26, 2007
" cried the male voice on Rodolfo Melchor's cell phone. Then a woman: "Honey, it's me. " The office machine repairman, on a break at work, dialed police and sprinted home, finding after the most harrowing 30 minutes of his life that his family was just fine. Melchor had avoided falling victim to a "virtual kidnapping," a scheme aimed at quickly extracting ransom without an actual abduction. The weapon used is not a gun or a knife, but a telephone. "My head was spinning," said the 38-year-old... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Virtual Kidnappers Get Money With a Call May 25, 2007
Virtual kidnappings have surged partly because criminals are increasingly adept at using new technology such as cell phones and computer databases, said Alejandro Zunca, a consultant who advises Brazilian and Argentine police. Criminals of all stripes also have embraced the scheme because it can be carried out from behind bars. (Newsday -- World)
EDITORIAL: Loopholes for terrorists and fugitives May 25, 2007
Although the federal government has computer databases containing the names of terrorists and criminals, the information is hardly comprehensive. Much of it is kept by foreign governments or in the form of paper records that cannot be carefully searched in just 24 hours. (Washington Times)
EDITORIAL: Stop papering the Senate May 17, 2007
To this day, Senate rules require challengers and incumbents to submit their campaign-finance reports on paper -- even though nearly all campaigns use computer databases to track their contributions -- with taxpayer-financed software -- and even though the ultimate goal is for the FEC to publish these reports on computer databases. In an antiquated process, Senate candidates print their computerized finance reports on paper and then deliver them, by hand or snail mail, to the Senate office of... (Washington Times)
Dispatcher proves not all officers carry a gun Apr 29, 2007
After two weeks, radio-room dispatcher used police computer databases to list all the man's former homes, and cross-checked it with anyone else who ever gave police those addresses. Then he found the current address of everyone on the combined list. (KSLA.com, LA)
Bernalillo County Fire Chief Prepares for Retirement Apr 27, 2007
Under Clark's command the department also improved 911 service and computer databases, and became faster and more accurate in dispatching fire engines. Those are likely the reasons for a decrease in lost property due to fire almost 20 percent since late 2000, Clark said. (Cedar Crest East Mountain Telegraph, NM)
Death of Randolph man few knew raises mystery Apr 23, 2007
For months, his body has lain in a Boston morgue, unclaimed , while a Randolph detective and the town's veterans agent continue to call veterans' groups and scour computer databases to prove McPhee had served his country so he may be buried with full military honors. "If he earned it, he deserves to be buried with honors and not just as a pauper, as an unclaimed body," said Detective Richard Lucey, an Air Force veteran who served in the 1980s. (Boston Globe -- Local)
U.S. Rules Made Killer Ineligible to Purchase Gun Apr 22, 2007
Representative Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat of New York, has been pushing a bill to require states to automate their criminal history records so computer databases used to conduct background checks on gun buyers are more complete. The bill would also require states to submit their mental health records to their background check systems and give them money to allow them to do so. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Gunman's firearm buys may have been illegal Apr 22, 2007
" Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., has been pushing a bill to require states to automate their criminal-history records so that computer databases used to conduct background checks on gun buyers would be more complete. According to gun control advocates, however, the mental health information submitted to the federal background check system is often spotty and incomplete, something McCarthy's bill is designed to address. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., a former member of the National Rifle... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Feds Will Aid California Piracy Probe Apr 22, 2007
The Secret Service has been enlisted to help recover the computer databases. The local pirate also had aspirations toward digital piracy. (Multichannel News)
Gas Bill Errors and Others Apr 21, 2007
It could be that, the use of computer databases to automate the sending of correspondence means that errors are too easy. It only takes the pressing of one wrong button to send out thousands of documents to the wrong people. (Suite101.com)
Administration tried to curb election turnout in key states Apr 19, 2007
Issued advisory opinions that overstated a 2002 federal election law by asserting that it required states to disqualify new voting registrants if their identification didn't match that in computer databases, prompting at least three states to reject tens of thousands of applicants mistakenly. Done little to enforce a provision of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act that requires state public assistance agencies to register voters. (SunSpot.net)
Davis: STRIVE Immigration Bill Apr 12, 2007
ICE would receive funding for 2,200 agents specifically for workplace enforcement, as well as computer databases for each agent, new radios, GPS systems, night-vision equipment, body armor and more patrol vehicles. Penalties for the undocumented would also become more severe. (Zmag.org)
SF police sergeant forced to resign over computer intrusion Apr 12, 2007
A police sergeant accused of misusing the department's confidential computer databases pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal that requires him to resign from the force ... Fontenot initially was charged with 40 felony counts, after officials accused him of making 129 "random queries" to computer databases, the vast majority seeking information about women. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Telecommunicators do a great job in DeKalb Apr 8, 2007
The telecommunicators sift through several computer databases to find as much information as possible to help the officers do a thorough job. They are highly trained at both the local and state levels. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
A Not So Perfect Match Apr 2, 2007
As 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl reports, every state in this country collects DNA from convicted felons and loads it into computer databases, all linked together by the FBI. When detectives find DNA at a crime scene, they run it through that database looking for a perfect match. You see this on crime shows all the time. (CBS News)
Afghan Refugees Reluctant to Leave Pakistan Mar 27, 2007
As part of the program, Afghans were given picture identity cards while their biometrics, including finger prints and facial features, were saved into computer databases. For those Afghans remaining in Pakistan, economic survival remains the top priority. (EurasiaNet.org)
Charting independence Mar 8, 2007 School libraries are open Feb 22, 2007 Ready to respond Firefighters brush up on hazmat-control techniques Feb 21, 2007 Technician Accused Of Stealing Drugs From Crime Lab To Sell Feb 17, 2007 Community Briefs Feb 6, 2007 Counties see increases in jobless rates Jan 30, 2007 Police: Jailed man may be innocent Jan 29, 2007 General Assembly update Jan 24, 2007 Medicare benefit signup smoother in 2007 Jan 4, 2007 DAVID WORONOFF: Excited About 2007 Jan 3, 2007
After the 2000 census, the Democrats used computer databases to draw districts based on the partisan voting patterns of individual precincts. When the GOP captured both chambers three years ago, it picked right up where the Democrats left off splitting some districts and combining others to give Republicans a better chance at getting elected. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Work on virtual screening station under way at Sams Gap Mar 7, 2007
Computer databases will be used to check trucking firms safety records and the status of vehicle inspections. Cars driven by state troopers will be equipped with laptop computers they can use to receive information from the screening station, along with pictures of trucks to be pulled over. (Erwin Record, TN)
Students in Lebanon School District's six elementary schools were without access to school libraries during fall term as library personnel entered about 60,000 books into computer databases and placed barcodes on the books. With the opening of the Pioneer School library in late February, all libraries in the district are now open. (Lebanon Express, OR)
On board his truck Zack also has three computer databases on which he can quickly research chemicals and their potential threat, and supervisors immediately confer with state environmental officials about the incident. "It's important because you need to know if your equipment is matched to the actual threat," Zack said. (Greenwich Time)
"The position that he held -- evidence technician -- allowed him to receive cocaine into the lab, it was then later analyzed. And as an evidence technician there, he also had access to computer databases that would show when evidence was analyzed and what the purity was," said Julian Ramirez, an assistant Harris County prosecutor. Prosecutors said Hinojosa stole cocaine by the brick, which he then sold for $11,000 to $13,000 each. (Click2Houston, TX)
Office assistant: Provides office support as needed answering phones, making phone calls, organizing files, setting up and maintaining computer databases, correspondence, organizing, etc. Computer lab coordinator/techs: Assists students with age-appropriate educational software, directing them to educational Web sites, and developing/working computer projects with them. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Franklin said there has not been an unusual increase in traffic to the WIN Center, where computer databases list job openings all over the state. "When you come in the first thing you'll see is our county listings," she said. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
"This in no way reflects on the victims or on the police work at the time. We didn't have DNA. We didn't have computer databases.". Detectives concede they have no physical evidence that could definitively exonerate Capozzi. (Buffalo News)
In an effort to protect the personal data of citizens, Gov. Tim Kaine (D) is seeking to improve security on state computer databases and to look into the feasibility of creating a statewide "do not sell" registry. Under Executive Directive 5, which Kaine signed this past week, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and the Division of Consumer Services will conduct a study to find ways to protect consumers who do not wish to have their private data bought and sold by financial institutions. (The Burke Times, VA)
The changes have the potential of causing havoc for consumers and health care providers if they weren't properly plugged into computer databases before Jan. 1. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it had seen nothing like the barrage of complaints that had marked the drug program's first week in 2006, when consumers were not listed in insurers' databases and pharmacists had problems verifying coverage. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
In the year ahead, look for us to mine the power of computer databases and present them to you in a compelling and comprehensive way -- both in print and online. It has been a pleasure serving and growing with this community in the past 10 years. (The Pilot Newspaper)
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