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Violent and property crime rates rose for U.S. residents in 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. These estimates are based on data from the annual National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which has collected information from victims of crime age 12 or older since 1973, according to a PRNewswire release.

An East Haven, Ct. man who has filmed what he says are security gaps in security at a middle school has been arrested. 

Fifty-four NY/NJ Port Authority Police officers were promoted in a department reorganization that is expected to help reduce overtime and better meet security demands.

The Illinois State Police is spending $1.4 million to outfit every patrol trooper and sergeant with a video-equipped Taser that would capture footage of every instance in which the high-voltage devices are used, according to the Associated Press.

Eighty-five percent of frequent flyers think that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is doing either a poor or fair job in performing security screenings at the nation's airports, according to a new survey of frequent flyers conducted by Frequent Business Traveler magazine.

Imagine invisible perimeter security – a microwave detection system so sensitive it can distinguish between people and animals alongside a fence.

State Department security officials still lack access to all the intelligence they need to secure high-risk diplomatic posts, and the department has yet to implement other of its own recommendations for improving security after the Benghazi terrorist attack.

A new $140 iPhone case includes a stun gun, which, as one New York Times reporter can attest, is rather startling. 

Trespassers could face 18 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines after crossing into restricted areas of public airports, a new law states.