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Chief’s Counsel: Warrantless Searches of Cellphones: Is the Law Clearly Established?

On April 25, 2011, a Wall Street Journal article bore the headline “iPhone Stored Location in Test Even if Disabled,” reporting that the Apple iPhone “stores months’ worth of location data” ...

President's Message

President’s Message: “Thanks, Dan”

As I am sure most of you are aware, earlier this year, Dan Rosenblatt, IACP executive director, announced that he will be leaving his position at the conclusion of this year’s annual conference in C...

Global Policing

Bridging the Interoperability Gap through Integrated Partnerships

Policing more than 5,200 miles of border has its challenges. The greatest challenge—beyond the remoteness, the lack of infrastructure, and the sheer size of the task—is that line of demarcation dr...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Could Changing Our Ways Mitigate Officers’ Traffic Deaths?

In terms of in-the-line-of-duty deaths, U.S. law enforcement officers have not fared well in 2010 and 2011. After suffering in 2009 the fewest in-the-line-of-duty deaths since 1959 (116 versus 109), t...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Computer Crime and Digital Evidence: What Every Police Chief Should Know

Name one major crime that has nothing to do with digital evidence. This is a difficult task since digital media has entered every aspect of modern life, as it has also entered the lives of criminals....

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Congress Reaches FY 2011 Budget Agreement

As part of the recent budget agreement between Congress and the Obama administration, the fiscal year (FY) 2011 funding levels for several critical law enforcement assistance programs were reduced. In...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Critical Incident Review Board: Creation and Refinement

Now that almost every cellular phone has a camera, scrutiny of law enforcement is higher than ever before. Sites such as YouTube can broadcast the actions of law enforcement worldwide within minutes o...

Technology

How Location-Based Services Can Improve Policing

Rapid advancements are under way today in the field of mobile computing in policing. The first generation of mobile data terminals has been replaced by successive generations of more capable mobile da...