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2008 IACP Awards “Part 3”

J. Stannard Baker Award for Highway Safety The prestigious J. Stannard Baker Award annually recognizes individual lifetime contributions to highway safety. Law enforcement officers of state, county, m...

From the Director

From The Director: Working Together to End the Violence

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice that provides national leadership in responding to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assa...

Investigations

Finding Out What You Don’t Know: Tips on Using Crime Analysts

Years ago, one of the authors (K.P.) was the project manager in charge of replacing his department’s computer system, and the department was trying to decide if it needed to spend thousands of dolla...

Legislative Alert

Congress Continues Appropriations Work efore the summer district work period began, the House of Representatives and the Senate continued to work on many appropriations bills. Of particular interest t...

IACP News

New Body Armor Standard The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, has released a new performance standard for body armor. The new standard includ...

ATTACKing Auto Theft in Washington State: The Redmond Initiative

Redmond, Washington: By the Numbers 20 Miles from downtown Seattle 26 Miles of trails 80 Sworn police officers 1,300 Acres of Parkland 50,000 Population (est.) $30 million Budget for the police depart...

2008 IACP Community Policing Awards: Presented at the 115th Annual IACP Conference

Photos by Convention Photo by Joe Orlando ince 1998, the IACP’s Community Policing Committee has recognized outstanding community policing initiatives undertaken by law enforcement agencies worldwid...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: March 2009

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...