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chief is likely to be added as a party to any civil rights lawsuit that results from alleged wrongdoing by that chief’s police officers, regardless of whether the chief had any direct involvement in...

any agencies have denied employment to an applicant based on a medical decision. Some have even terminated officers based on medical conditions other than incapacitating injuries. What was the medical...

oday’s police agencies face an increasing portfolio of communications options from which to choose to enhance and support prevention and response activities. This increase in options is largely the ...

IMGXYZ2271IMGZYX am the chief of police of the Chaska, Minnesota, Police Department. The city of Chaska is located 20 miles southwest of Minneapolis. The population of my city is 24,000; the departmen...

ffective crime analysis relies on standard processes that transform good data into effective law enforcement actions. All of the process models of crime analysis, whether the traditional “crime anal...

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...

he impact of the death of—or the serious injury to—an officer is devastating to fellow officers and their agency as a whole; even more tragic is when this death or serious injury could have been a...