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  2. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) was a U.S. federal agency within the United States Department of Justice.It administered federal funding to state and local law enforcement agencies and funded educational programs, research, state planning agencies, and local crime initiatives as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "war on crime" program.

  3. Category:Law enforcement terminology - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Pages in category "Law enforcement terminology"

  4. Invention Secrecy Act - Wikipedia

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    The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 (Pub. L. 82–256, 66 Stat. 3, enacted February 1, 1952, codified at 35 U.S.C. ch. 17) is a body of United States federal law designed to prevent disclosure of new inventions and technologies that, in the opinion of selected federal agencies, present an alleged threat to the economic stability or national security of the United States.

  5. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement agencies are also involved in providing first response to emergencies and other threats to public safety; the protection of certain public facilities and infrastructure, such as private property; the maintenance of public order; the protection of public officials; and the operation of some detention facilities (usually at the ...

  6. Law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    New York City Police Department lieutenant debriefing police officers at Times Square. Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. [1]

  7. Internal affairs (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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    Internal affairs (often known as IA) is a division of a law enforcement agency that investigates incidents and possible suspicions of criminal and professional misconduct attributed to members of the parent force. It is thus a mechanism of limited self-governance, "a police force policing itself".

  8. Leahy–Smith America Invents Act - Wikipedia

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    The law switched the U.S. rights to a patent from the previous "first-to-invent" system to a "first inventor-to-file" system for patent applications filed on or after March 16, 2013. The law also expanded the definition of prior art used in determining patentability.

  9. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197, enacted June 19, 1968, codified at 34 U.S.C. § 10101 et seq.) was legislation passed by the Congress of the United States and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson that established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). [1]