- Protecting our ears from vuvuzela and other loud sounds

Law enforcers are used to working in noisy conditions ranging from the exchange of gunfire, screaming sirens, police radios or the insults shouted by angry protestors or criminals and more recently, the sound of vuvuzelas. While this trumpet-like instrument may sound like an elephant to some, they sound like a swarm of furious bees when thousands of them are blown simultaneously.

Compiled by Annalis...
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SMART TOOLS FOR TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT: SPEED LAW ENFORCEMENT

Speeding can cause fatal accidents. Thousands of people are killed in
vehicle accidents on South African roads, mainly as a result of the remarkably casual attitude by drivers towards law compliance, with speed as one of the ain contributory factors.  Around the world speeding is one of the biggest road safety problems.

Article and photos by Kotie Geldenhuys

A number of st...
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What happens when there's no love between neighbours

An ancient adage of the Roman-Dutch law of neighbours is cuius est solum, eius est usque ad caelum et ad infernos. This means that each man is lord and master of the area in which his home stands and that within the borders of his land, his domain stretches infinitely up into the heavens and straight down to hell.

By Inge Papp

This is a nice thought, but anyone who has ever lived in a norm...
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 The “broken window theory” puts strong emphasis on the link between disorder and crime. Former New York City Police Commissioner, William Bratton, under former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, implemented this theory that was first put forth in a 1982 Atlantic article written by James Q Wilson, a political scientist from Harvard University at the time, and George L Kelling, a criminologist. This theory suggests that a disorderly environment sends a message that no one is in cha...
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