matrixsuperadmin, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Product Feature: Training and Testing

Technology is constantly shaping all aspects of society. Law enforcement is no exception. Because of this, keeping up with new information is more challenging than ever. But even as technology makes i...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Hot-Spot Randomized Control Works for Sacramento

Many questions regarding research on police methods have traditionally been raised, tested, and evaluated by academics. In this study, the research team did not comprise academics but rather practitio...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Secure Communities Program: Mandatory or Optional?

Congress created the Secure Communities (SC) program in 2003 to identify all those in the criminal justice system who are eligible for removal as illegal aliens. The law does not require the removal o...

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President’s Message: Stemming the Unacceptable Level of Gun Violence

Fewer than two months ago, tragedy struck Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. I feel compelled to discuss it in this column. Like you, I was stunned and devastated when I saw the ...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

The Northern Virginia Military Shooting Series: Operational Validation of Geospatial Predictive Analytics

In October 2010, someone deliberately fired a number of rounds at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia. This was the beginning of a series of shootings that targeted multiple ...

Terrorism

The Role of the Fusion Center in Counterterrorism Operations

On Friday, November 16, 2012, Adis Medunjanin was sentenced to life in federal prison for his involvement in a plot to bomb the Manhattan subway system in New York City on the eighth anniversary of th...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Collaborative Enforcement during a Fiscal Crunch

Law enforcement is always asked the question, “Can you do more with less?” In the Granite State, we have done more with less for years. Usually, our state has been one of the first to recover from...

Community-Police Engagement

Using Principles of Community Policing to Address Online Radicalization to Violence

Many types of predators use the Internet to ensnare young people. The online environment allows dangerous people to communicate with young people directly, in familiar environments and with little det...