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We post eight years of video to YouTube every day. We send 200 million tweets per day. And on average, 250 million photos are uploaded each day to Facebook.

As social has moved into the mainstream, public safety has at times embraced it and at other times rejected it as a means of communication with citizens. According to the results of a September 2011 survey conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police Center for Social Media, 88.1% of the 800 law enforcement agencies that responded utilize social media in some capacity.

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Would you have a problem with a police van being parked in your neighborhood? This same armored vehicle has large red letters painted on the side that state, "Warning: You are under video surveillance." The front bumper taunts, "Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?" This is the "The Peacemaker," the Fort Lauderdale Police Department's new surveillance weapon to fight crime.

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The U.S. government wants to more aggressively track terrorists on social media — and it’s asking for your help.

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At least 15 people have been killed and more than 20 people injured when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, officials say.

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Briceland Fire Department crews dumped at least 2,000 gallons of water on Dumpster fire at the Whitethorn transfer station recently but were unable to completely extinguish the persistent flames.

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Firefighters were called to douse the flames at a major fire at India’s Central Warehousing Corporation in Mumbai’s Turbhe area recently.

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A bus collided with a semi-trailer truck on the Australia’s Gwydir Highway near Glen Innes in northern New South Wales recently, killing the bus driver, and injuring several passengers.

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Marion County Fire Rescue crews were called to the KESMARC Florida rehabilitation center in Ocala recently after the equine-therapy center’s hyperbaric chamber exploded.

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Provincial Community Police are investigating a recent string of four early-morning ATM bombings in South Africa’s Western Cape.

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A two-year operation utilizing more than 500 federal agents and police officers culminated recently with the arrest of nearly 100-suspects.

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Arkansas’s National Guard hazardous material crew was called the Willow Creek Apartment complex in Jonesboro, Ark recently to remove a Styrofoam box filled with 25-vials of medical-grade “E. coli" bacteria from one of the apartments.

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Israel Foreign Ministry officials have stepped up security for diplomatic missions around the world after two suspected attacks in India and Georgia recently.

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Security forces recently seized what was described as a huge quantity of arms and arrested six alleged militants including a senior teacher at a school in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency

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At least seven people were killed including five Afghan police officers, and 19-others injured when an explosive laden car exploded recently in a parking lot outside Kandahar’s police headquarters building.

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A newly released thriller called, "Pox" has been written by Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Dr. Richard Reinking. The plot begins with begins with a terrorist foursome from several Middle Eastern countries infecting themselves with a virus that most people thought was eradicated.

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In an effort to safeguard the 2012 London Olympic Games, Britain is building up stocks of vaccines, and taking other measures to enhance security at the upcoming Olympics

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Posted by Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute

Tags: security, risk, law enforcement, infras, HSN, homeland security network, homeland security, hacking, hackers, Cyber Security, cyber attack

Originally posted on DHS.gov.

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform for meth production, not just a supplier to the United States.

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