April 2008

Information Sharing in the Last Frontier

Although police work is much the same around the world, Alaska police face some unique challenges. The state is over twice the size of Texas yet has a population of just over 650,000; about half are l...

Products & Services

2008 Buyer’s Guide

The annual Police Chief Buyers’ Guide is the most important tool available to law enforcement executives putting together their equipment budgets and the only buyers’ guide supported by over a cen...

Tech Talk

Technology Talk: Interoperability and Information Sharing

Currently, interoperability and information-sharing standards are two of the most common buzzwords in law enforcement technology; like so many others, they may seem easy to brush aside, especially whe...

Youth

A Short History of Junior Police

In 1944, Oliver Cowan, a District of Columbia police officer, remarked: “Many of these kids never had a chance. . . . They never were important in their classes. . . . They get into mischief. Now, i...

Crime & Violence

IACP and Joyce Foundation Summit and Report: Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities

Nearly 30,000 American lives are lost to gun violence each year—a number far higher than in any other developed country. Since 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire than perished in combat durin...

Legal

Legislative Alert: Biennial IACP Day on the Hill

On March 4, IACP members participated in the Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C. Held in conjunction with the midyear meetings of both the Division of State and Provincial Police and the Division of S...

Line of Duty Deaths

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Investigations

LODIS, a New Investigative Tool: DNA Is Not Just Court Evidence Anymore

In December 2006, the Palm Bay, Florida, Police Department (PBPD) and DNA Security, Inc. (DNA:SI LABS), collaborated to develop a local agency databank of forensic DNA evidence for use on most crimes....