Spitzer said he has called on the county's chief executive officer and law enforcement watchdog agency to review how probation officials handled the case.

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Kerr also pointed out that there's a conflict of interest when the executive branch, which oversees law enforcement in the state, is in a position to block laws that would limit the powers of law enforcement.

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Other executive orders such as providing law enforcement, first responders and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations as well as releasing a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and making it widely available to law enforcement are both valuable steps.

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By contrast, the Obama executive order strips away those limitations, granting the international law enforcement agency blanket immunity from official and private efforts to assess its activities in the United States.

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If so, it is time for those sworn to uphold our Constitution - law enforcement agencies, the courts and the executive and legislative branches - to monitor such activities and, where appropriate, take corrective action.

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He later left Merseyside Police and in 2005 became the chief executive of Centrex, an organisation providing support and training to police forces and overseas law enforcement agencies.

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"Skype is a nightmare for law-enforcement agencies" because of its encryption, says David Vincenzetti, chief executive of Milan-based HackingTeam, which sells a program called Remote Control System that works on computers, smartphones and Blackberries.

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Matt Peskin is executive director of the National Association of Town Watch, a nonprofit crime prevention organization that works with law enforcement and crime watch groups around the country.

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