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The Impact of Drug Decriminalization on the Future of Police Recruiting Standards

Recruiting and hiring qualified peace officer candidates is a critical component in providing quality police services. This has never been an easy task, but the task is becoming even more difficult in...

Advance & Applications

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...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: When Does an Employer’s Search of Employee Work Areas Violate Privacy Rights?

Government employers are sometimes faced with conducting searches of their employee’s work areas. When doing so, they must understand the level of privacy public employees legitimately expect in tho...

Drugs & Alcohol

Anabolic Steroid Use and Abuse by Police Officers

An officer crashes a police car and seriously injures an innocent bystander. The investigation reveals that the officer was acting erratically, had bloodshot eyes, and slurred his speech. The officer�...

Investigations

Year of Preventing Identity Crime: Moving Forward? Identity-Related Crime in the European Arena

he May 2007 issue of the Police Chief provided a brief overview of attempts to address the problem of identity crime in the European Union (EU).1 More than a year later, progress remains slow. Althoug...

Applying Digital In-Car Video Systems to Manage Evidence and Obtain Prosecutions

In-car camera technology is one of the best tools agencies have to protect themselves and their officers. This article describes one agency’s experiences in selecting and deploying digital video...

“Rigid Order of Battle”: A Police Training Perspective on the Qualified Immunity Analysis

ecently, a few justices and legal scholars have recommended departing from the analysis set forth in Saucier v. Katz,1 referred to as the “rigid order of battle,” to determine a police officer’s...

Chief’s Counsel: Brady Is Middle-Aged—but Is Compliance in Its Infancy for Some Agencies?

n May 13, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Brady v. Maryland turned 45 years old. In those intervening years, the form and extent of law enforcement records have changed dramatically. As mo...