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Security

Badges, Buzzers & Cameras Part Of $2M Plan To Improve Howard Co. School Security

Serious steps to improve school security in Howard County. They’re making $2 million in changes, hoping it will help prevent a tragedy like the one in Newtown, Connecticut.

2013/03/18

TSA Changes Allow Airline Passengers To Carry Knives On Planes

Controversial changes coming to the airport in just about a month. Additions to what passengers can bring on the plane now include knives, blades and sports equipment.

2013/03/09

Hagerstown Chief: Downtown Crime Has Declined

Hagerstown Police Chief Mark Holtzman says crime has declined in the city’s downtown corridor as the Washington County Board of education considers relocating the school board offices to the area.

2013/03/08

New Orleans’ Challenge: Policing The ‘Super Gras’

New Orleans police are in the middle of an unprecedented security challenge with an estimated 150,000 Super Bowl fans packing the city during the raucous annual buildup to Mardi Gras, when thousands of revelers flock to the historic French Quarter and its restaurants, bars and strip clubs.

2013/01/30

D.C.-Area Schools Tighten Up Security After Newtown

In the anxious weeks after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the idea of bringing more police into the nation’s schools has picked up support. But for many parents and educators, there is a more immediate priority: protecting schoolhouse doors.

2013/01/28

Barack Obama (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Tight Security, Protests Expected At Inauguration

Tea party fervor has surged and waned in the past four years, Occupy encampments are long gone from parks in the nation’s capital, and the crowd for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration figures to be significantly smaller than the record-breaking turnout of 2009.

2013/01/16