March 2005

Identity Theft and the Police Response: The Investigation

Generally, identity theft crimes will not be contained in one jurisdiction. Every investigation requires investigators to determine the point of compromise of the victim's identity-that is, where the ...

Drugs & Alcohol

Indoor Marijuana Growing Operations

In 1999 law enforcement in the province of British Columbia identified a phenomenon involving indoor marijuana grow operations that were largely controlled by organized crime. It was estimated that o...

Technology

Advances & Applications: March 2005

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about – and benefit from – some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented b...

IACP

Law Enforcement Jobs

Police Chief Location: Derby, Kansas Deadline: April 1, 2005 Police Chief Location: City of Clermont, Florida Deadline: March 28, 2005 Criminal Justice Educator Location: Missouri Southern State Unive...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Supreme Court Confirms Dog Sniff of Car during a Traffic Stop Is Not a Fourth Amendment Search

A dog sniff of an inanimate object that law enforcement officers have lawfully seized is not a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court once again confirmed this princ...

Policy

Drug Legalization: Why It Wouldn’t Work in the United States

The issue of drug legalization is a complex one. Most Americans do not favor it, yet there is a strong and very vocal lobby in the United States that feels that legalization would be the proper course...

Drugs & Alcohol

confiscated packages of cocaine on tables

Drug Trafficking Murderers

In late 2001 the homicide rate in Saint Louis rose at an alarming rate. Police determined that the rate increase was not result of a surge in the number of crimes of passion or even acts of random vio...

Drugs & Alcohol

Enlisting Community Help in the Investigation of Methamphetamine Laboratories

Methamphetamine is an insidious and dangerous drug that causes severe addictive behavior and physical and psychological damage to its victims. The use and manufacture of methamphetamine, or meth, has ...