NBC 6 out of Miami is reporting that two teenagers aged 12 and 14 attempted to rob a police station in Port Saint Lucie, Florida on March 12th. Apparently, the two walked up to a window, faked having a gun, and asked for cash. Not surprisingly, the heist was thwarted by several armed police officers in a matter of seconds and the duo is now being held on armed robbery charges.

We can only hope the event was caught on tape, and appears on YouTube or “America’s Dumbest Criminals”, soon. I’m sure the parents are beaming with joy.

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ZDnet is reporting that computer checks resulted in the investigation of the prostitution ring in which NY Governor Spitzer was implicated as a “John”.

The article states that a standard (and well known) check for transactions over $10k found something fishy was going on. The source however, was not Governor Spitzer’s account but, was the account(s) of the prostitution ring itself.

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The Washington Post is reporting that there are now a record number of Americans (1 in every 100) in correctional facilities in the United States and that the U.S. is leading the world in the ratio of people in prison.

Analysts are calling the surge in incarceration as a result of “tougher” sentences and the scaling back of probation and parole. But, I believe at least part of the surge is a result of technology used in crime fighting efforts.

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Billions have been spent on attacking global terrorism since the September, 11 2001 attacks including the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. While the current efforts to track down terrorists who tote weapons of mass destruction and are responsible for nefarious deeds are certainly valid, a new attack has been waged on the U.S. and the enemies are winning.

What I’m talking about here, is Internet fraud and phishing attacks, a problem that has been largely ignored by the resource strapped U.S. government. It’s a problem that looks like a bunch of random thugs out to bilk money and steal the identities of unsuspecting Internet users. In reality it’s a coordinated foreign effort to bankrupt America.

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Medical science and forensic science has been growing at a rapid pace. Just a few years ago DNA testing was in it’s infancy and the science of drug testing was also crude. There are now more methods of drug testing that have increased accuracy and the window of detection.

At the present time the four most common methods of drug testing are taking samples of urine, hair, oral fluids (saliva), and sweat (perspiration). Each method has it’s advantages and disadvantages.

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D.A.R.E. Or Drug Abuse Resistance Education is an anti-drug educational program that is a cooperation between local police departments and school districts. Typically a uniformed officer from the local police agency visits junior high schools in the community and presents an educational program designed to curb teenage drug experimentation.

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