Introduction to the 2011 Edition

NYC Tossed Out Roughly 46,000 NYPD Civil Summonses Last Year Due To Errors New York City is throwing out tens of thousands of low-level summonses issued by the NYPD, with the department’s reliance on pen-and-paper ticketing contributing to the problem, according to Gothamist. Of roughly 98,000 civil summonses issued by police during the last fiscal year, about 46,000 were dismissed by the city’s administrative court system, according to data obtained by Gothamist. That works out to roughly 47%. The tickets stem from offenses such as drinking alcohol in public, public urination, illegal...

US Prohibits Unauthorized Drones Along US-Mexico Border Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration banned unauthorized drone activity along the U.S.-Mexico border on Oct. 16 to increase airspace security as it cracks down on drug cartel drone operations. The ban, established through a temporary flight restriction for drones, was announced in a joint statement by the Department of War, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Transportation. Friday's announcement comes as U.S. officials have warned that the United States faces thousands of drone incursions at the...