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Crisis Response Tools for Law Enforcement

ublic safety personnel are exposed daily to a variety of potentially traumatic events, including human tragedies such as abused and distressed children, the aftermath of domestic violence, horrific mo...

Senate Committee, House Subcommittee Approve C-J-S Funding

oth the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science (C-J-S) and Related Agencies have approved fiscal year (FY) 2008 C-J-S funding. T...

Policy

Law Enforcement and Public Health

Those who have worked in law enforcement for more than six years can recall when their duties were less complex and the term comprehensive referred only to a type of insurance coverage. Although the d...

IACP

Survivors’ Club

The IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club® pays tribute to those deserving officers who have avoided serious or potentially fatal injuries through the use of any kind of body armor. This column is ded...

Survivors’ Club

he IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club®pays tribute to those deserving officers who have avoided serious or potentially fatal injuries through the use of any kind of body armor. This column is dedic...

Investigations

Strategic Deception Revisited: The Use of Fabricated Documents during Interrogation—Permissible Ploy or Prohibited Practice?

Law enforcement officials understand that service in their profession requires character and values and not simply technical proficiency. One of these values is honesty, which requires an officer to a...

Legal

Duty to All–Duty to No One: Examining the Public-Duty Doctrine and Its Exceptions

As a group, law enforcement officers are a noble and committed collection of public servants—and in some instances take their notions of “duty” beyond that required by law. Officers routinely ex...

Drugs & Alcohol

The Mutation of the Illicit Trade Market

In the “old days,” organized crime was exclusively synonymous with La Cosa Nostra, and organized-crime figures focused their energies on prostitution and gambling. Back then, violence was present ...