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Preventing the Theft of Dangerous Radiological Materials

A national radiological dispersal device (RDD) exercise involving more than 24 federal, state, and local agencies was conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the week of April 26, 2010, to test the E...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Principles to Promote Effective Agency Practices in Database and Information Management

Out of personal curiosity, an agency analyst repeatedly accesses databases she uses daily for official purposes to glean personal information about coworkers and others. Even though the analyst does n...

Crime & Violence

Proactive Patrolling through the Use of Patrol Scripts

Patrol has been, is, and will continue to be the backbone of college and local policing. Response to emergency and nonemergency calls to patrol officers for service is a primary component of policing ...

Technology

Technology Talk: Project TIPLINE: A Free Software Application for Law Enforcement

Citizens report tips to law enforcement agencies on a regular basis, whether it is to document an unfamiliar vehicle in the neighborhood or to report on a suspicious activity. Law enforcement official...

Crime & Violence

Secure Communities: Identifying and Removing Criminal Aliens

At the beginning of this year, law enforcement officers booked three individuals, all incarcerated on charges of first degree rape, first degree kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon, into t...

Products & Services

Ad Index: September 2010

All Traffic Solutions All Traffic Solutions designs, manufacturers and distributes some of the world’s best traffic calming and enforcement products , a family of interchangeable radar speed signs a...

Products & Services

Product Update: September 2010

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacture...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: September 2010

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...