New York cops told to stay in line when online

New York City’s police commissioner announced new restrictions Thursday for cops who want to tweet and post on Facebook.

New York City’s police commissioner announced new restrictions Thursday for cops who want to tweet and post on Facebook.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has upgraded its anti-cybercrime body, turning it into one of PNP’s National Operational Support Unit in a bid to further strengthen the agency’s capability to go after offenders on the Internet.

They better click the “like” button on his order—then log out immediately. Saying a lawman’s time is better spent chasing criminals than making “friends” or hunting down virtual villains on the Net, the head of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has barred his people from accessing social networking sites like Facebook and playing interactive games while on duty.

An emergency call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security cameras, whether there are high radiation levels and whether any other threats have been made against the city.

A man was arrested in Quezon City for allegedly uploading on the Internet a video showing him having sex with his former girlfriend, after she refused to get back together with him.

The police here apparently don’t take kindly to criticism, especially when it is posted on social networking sites.

Philippine National Police Director General Nicanor Bartolome is seeking the instalment of video security systems as among the requirements for the issuance of business permits in the country.

The website of the Police Community Relations Group (PCRG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was hacked Tuesday afternoon by a group of hackers who stated the recently passed Cybercrime Prevention Act as their reason for hacking the site.

The 7-iron resting against the wall in Le Quoc Quan’s office is for self-defense, not sport. The human-rights lawyer and blogger has not left home without the golf club since being beaten last month by iron-bar-wielding men he suspects were sent by the police.

Google Earth. Police in Laguna are raving about how useful this application is in their campaign against illegal logging in the province.

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation arrested Thursday in an entrapment operation at a Manila school a 15-year-old boy who allegedly blackmailed and extorted P15,000 from another teenager through the social networking site Facebook.

The Philippine National Police is upgrading its crime solution methods by making full use of two computerized systems that store information on recovered firearms and ammunition and generate computer-drawn images of crime suspects, officials said Friday.