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Officer Safety Corner: Long-Term Declines in Firearms-Related Deaths and Injuries for Officers and the Public

Falling crime rates in New York City have received a great deal of attention from the media and from academics—especially those crime rates from the 1990s. However, a closely related area that has r...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Police-Probation/Parole Partnerships: Responding to Local Street Gang Problems

Street gang violence is a concern for many inner cities. The National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) reported the existence of an estimated 33,000 gangs and 1.4 million gang members in the United Sta...

Community-Police Engagement

Public-Private Partnerships: Assessing Support Structures at the Local Level

In this age of declining budgets and expanding needs and mandates, the importance of effective partnerships between the public and private sector never has been clearer. Experienced police commanders ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Reasonable Accommodation under the Amended ADA

As officers and civilian employees become more aware of their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), they are asking chiefs for accommodations to help them do their jobs. Unless chief...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Suspect Physiology Associated with Common Law Enforcement Tools and Tactics Gives Insight to Likely Cause of Arrest-Related Deaths

A medical direction agreement between the Meeker County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office and the Hennepin County, Minnesota, Medical Center yielded an award-winning research project that has been publis...

Traffic Safety

Author: matrixsuperadmin

Officer Safety Corner: Long-Term Declines in Firearms-Related Deaths and Injuries for Officers and the Public

Police-Probation/Parole Partnerships: Responding to Local Street Gang Problems

Public-Private Partnerships: Assessing Support Structures at the Local Level

Chief’s Counsel: Reasonable Accommodation under the Amended ADA

Research in Brief: Suspect Physiology Associated with Common Law Enforcement Tools and Tactics Gives Insight to Likely Cause of Arrest-Related Deaths

Thank You, Chairman Sweeney!

The Mental Edge: Effective Cognitive Processing in Law Enforcement

October 2012 President’s Message: The Year in Review