by Jim Kouri, CPP Sixty-nine percent of police chiefs and sheriffs have witnessed an increase in the abuse of painkillers such as OxyContin, according to the latest survey of police commanders by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. And this substance abuse is equally evident in US cities as well as rural communities....

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DHS Denies Shipping Containers Go Uninspected by Jim Kouri, CPP Some media reports and political leaders such as Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) frequently state that the Department of Homeland Security inspects only 2 percent of the 5.7 million sea containers entering the country each year. The two-percent figure erroneously implies that 98 percent of...

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by Jim Kouri, CPP The recent discovery of sketches and data of New York City’s Grand Central Station on a disk in the home of suspected terrorist Mouhannad Almallah in Spain brought renewed interest in US railway vulnerabilty and security measures. Grand Central Station is one of the largest railway centers in the world,...

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by Jim Kouri, CPP The FBI’s ability to collect information – whether through physical surveillance, electronic surveillance, or human source development – represents one of its greatest weapons in the war on terror. The FBI has an enormous network of informants and sources that place it at the forefront of intelligence and evidence collection....

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by Jim Kouri, CPP Recently, an international alien smuggling ring was dismantled by the FBI, other federal agencies, and Canadian and other foreign partners. In the course of the investigation, certain individuals who were under investigation, were determined to have provided false information in an attempt to assist their own situations. At the time...

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COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENCIES UPGRADE INVESTIGATIVE TECHNOLOGY by Jim Kouri, CPP In addressing today’s terrorists, intelligence operatives, and criminals, computers and electronic media have become the evidentiary equivalent of yesterdays paper files. Moreover, the potential sources of audio, video, and image evidence continue to expand as technologies advance and as adversaries make wider use of them....

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http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/k/kouri/2005/kouri022705.htm RUTGERS UNIVERSITY WELCOMES COP KILLER TO LECTURE STUDENTS Criminal Justice Professor Invites Murderer and Torturer As Panelist by Jim Kouri, CPP Just when you think you’ve heard it all when it comes American university professors’ outrageous antics, there’s always another ivory-tower dweller who comes along and shocks the sensibilities of clear-thinking people. The...

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www.aphf.org/nacop.html The National Association of Chiefs of Police is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, tax exempt, educational association of command law enforcement officers within the United States, its territories and military forces. NACOP’s VP and public information specialist Jim Kouri’s latest story for Men’s News Daily exposes the general opposition of US Border Patrol...

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FBI Forecasts New Threats to the United States February 24, 2005 by Jim Kouri, CPP http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/k/kouri/2005/kouri022405.htm The FBI forecasts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to come, presenting new “asymmetric” threats to the United States. In a report to the National Association of Chiefs of...

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