Month: July 2008

n the last 20 years, we have witnessed remarkable progress in vehicle safety technology. The broad acceptance and deployment of air bags, the development and use of better passenger restraint systems,...

On May 22, the Senate passed its version of the fiscal year (FY) 2008 supplemental spending bill, which included $490 million in Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) funding. Bec...

ith summer here and the 32nd annual IACP Law Enforcement Information Management (LEIM) Training Conference and Exposition now past, some might think it safe to slow down and put some of their law enfo...

he U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was created in 1995 as a result of the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994. Since its i...

ecently, a few justices and legal scholars have recommended departing from the analysis set forth in Saucier v. Katz,1 referred to as the “rigid order of battle,” to determine a police officer’s...

IMGXYZ2151IMGZYXIMGXYZ2150IMGZYX uided by a city directive that all new taxpayer-funded buildings be LEED certified, the newly constructed Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS) building has earned the f...

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 by law enforceme...

IMGXYZ2134IMGZYX n July 26, 2008, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The FBI started as a small group of 34 investigators and has since grown into a c...