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The NYPD conducted only 99,788 stop-and-frisks during the first quarter of 2013, compared with 203,500 during the same period in 2012. 

FEMA funding and donations will provide the $3.1 million needed to build a safe room for Victoria County during natural disasters. 

Molotov cocktails, an assault rifle and the beginnings of pipe bombs were reportedly found in the Minnesota resident's home.

 A Washington, D.C.-based engineer is working on the "Drone Shield" that might be able to send you text and email alerts that let you know when a drone is nearby.

The Armed Citizen Project, a nonprofit group that arms residents living in high-crime cities, reportedly hopes to put shotguns in the hands of residents living in Chicago.

Airport full-body X-ray scanners underwent more than 700 inspections last year and passed all radiation tests.

The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded two weeks ago, killing 14 people and injuring about 200, was a repeat target of theft by intruders.

Transitioning from the public sector, including law enforcement and military professions, to the private sector security industry can be a difficult task, but Time Warner Cable is sponsoring an event and networking luncheon at the ASIS New York City Conference and Expo to guide the change. 

Four of the top 10 most dangerous neighborhoods are located in Detroit, where there is a high number of vacant residences and empty lots.

Underpaid or under-trained security officers are only one of the gaps in event security, according to a USA Today report.