Crime Sift

Entries from December 2006

Your Votes and Diggs: Top Crime Videos of 2006

December 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

These are the top Crime Videos posted in 2006. There were a couple that should have made the list like

Police abuse in Miami. Cop says, “F@$K YOU PUT IT ON YOUR WEBSITE”
but they have been removed from YouTube.
Student tasered at UCLA library for not having his ID 11-14-06 11:30pm
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Tags: Humor · Law Enforcement · Taser

Study Finds that Smoking Youth More likely to Use Illegal Drugs than Non-Smokers

December 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse conducted a survey to determine what tobacco use by 15-19 year olds indicates about their use of alcohol, cannabis, and other illicit drugs such as amphetamine and ecstasy.
Although the study stops short of calling tobacco a “gateway drug” the study concluded that “tobacco use among youth aged 15-19 […]

Tags: Addiction · Cocaine · Drugs · Marijuana

SWAT Members Fall to Earth Attempting Altitude Assault

December 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment


Tags: Law Enforcement

Smoking Marijuana Before Driving More Popular

December 21st, 2006 · No Comments

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse published a study on December 19, 2006 that found that driving under the influence of marijuana and hashish has doubled since 1989 and that males drive under the influence of marijuana as often as they do under the influence of alcohol. It seems that those that consume marijuana […]

Tags: Drugs · Drunk Drivers · Marijuana

System allows Police to Scan and Compare License Plates to Government Databases

December 20th, 2006 · No Comments

This video is from the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team. It demonstrates a system that enables police to scan up to 3000 license plates per hour and compare them to police and other databases. I would expect that it would not be difficult to also store the location of any vehicle scanned at […]

Tags: Law Enforcement · Technology