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[News] Does the Police in Belgium Already Use GNU/Linux?

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Ubuntu in Vermist

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| In today’s episode of spot the operating system we present to you the Belgian 
| movie Vermist where police detectives apparently use Ubuntu as their 
| operating system of choice.   
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http://n00.be/archives/697/


Recent:

French police deal blow to Microsoft

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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft 
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest 
| administrations in the world to make the break.  
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w


Related:

Germany Police Union Wants GNU/Linux

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| The demand of the police union now is to drop the Microsoft-based software 
| and to reconsider the usage of free and open source systems instead. 
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=506


Swedish police saves 400 cars by using MySQL

http://theworldofapenguin.blogspot.com/2007/10/swedish-polis-saves-400-cars-by-using.html


The Swedish National Police Move to an Open Source Infrastructure With MySQL
Enterprise Unlimited

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| Swedish National Police is implementing an enterprise-wide project for 
| building all future IT systems on an open source software ("OSS") 
| infrastructure based upon Linux, MySQL and JBoss. Several existing systems 
| are currently being migrated and all future projects will be developed on 
| this OSS foundation.    
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb557725.htm


Police Career - Linux Computer Systems in Law Enforcement

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| Kent Police have lowered the cost of running their major criminal 
| investigations system by a factor of 90%...
| 
| [...]
| 
| Delivery of the first Linux systems to the West Yorkshire police 
| force could see police forces throughout England and Wales
| unanimously switching to Linux desktops in a new pilot scheme...
| 
| [...]
| 
| The New South Wales Police department is currently undertaking a
| major upgrade to its information infrastructure, made necessary
| due to the increasing volume of data handled by the force, and
| they're switching to Linux systems to handle the load...
| 
| [...]
| 
| Scottish police forces have also developed a Linux-based system for
| ensuring that they comply with the Freedom of Information Act 
| legislation...
| 
| [...]
| 
| Police in the city of Munich have switched 14,000 of their department 
| computers from Microsoft's Windows operating system to Linux.
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http://www.article-zine.com/personal/self-improvement/police-career-linux-computer-systems-in-law-enforcement.html


Mail and Safari banned from the French gendarmerie

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| The Macs' future in the Gendarmerie has become ever gloomier since
| the very day this institution decided to get rid of Microsoft
| software. From now on the gendarmes will be using Linux-running
| PCs. Since you can't get a Mac without OSX, the fight can be
| considered as lost. At least, this was a place where Apple has
| been surviving longer than Microsoft...
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http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-01-27/#6362


Swedish Police Commission Introduces Open Source

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| [PJ: Our own Karl Jorgensen translates for us the following article
| from Sweden:] The police commission has decided to allow Open Source
| programs into it's IT environment. They expect to save hundreds of
| millions of kronor. "We want more freedom of choice," says Head of
| IT Lena Charpentier. The police commission has now finished its
| evaluation of open source. The result is positive. "We have tested
| it and seen that it works."... Doesn't it cost to migrate? "Of
| course migration costs. But over the long term, going for open
| source makes recruitment easier, as open source is common
| in the universities."
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http://computersweden.idg.se/2.139/1.81493 (in Swedish)


Police hack into PM's computers

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| Detectives in Britain's cash-for-honours inquiry were forced to hack
| into Downing Street computers in the search for evidence, The Sunday
| Telegraph has discovered.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/police-hack-into-pms-computers/2007/01/21/1169330797058.html


Skype encryption stumps police

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| These searches are especially important in cases where the suspects are aware 
| that their internet traffic and phone calls may be monitored and choose to 
| store sensitive information directly on their hard drives without emailing 
| it.   
| 
| Spyware computer searches are illegal in Germany, where people are sensitive 
| about police surveillance due to the history of the Nazis' Gestapo secret 
| police and the former East German Stasi.  
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10477899


Microsoft could be teaching police to hack Vista

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| Microsoft may begin training the police in ways to break the
| encryption built into its forthcoming Vista operating system.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2150555/microsoft-teaching-police-hack


Microsoft hosts its own police academy

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| For instance, attendees will learn how to pull evidence off PDAs running 
| Windows CE and how to gather evidence from Microsoft's online services and 
| products like Hotmail and Windows, says Aaron Kornblum, a senior attorney for 
| Microsoft's Internet Safety Enforcement Team.   
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9930664-7.html
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