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Portland Police Bureau: The Downtown Livability Project

In Portland, Oregon, the police department was faced with a system that had overcrowded jails, overextended parole and probation officers, and few prosecutions for property crimes. In the downtown are...

Products & Services

Products and Services

December 2006 – Products & Services 3SI Security Systems 3SI Security Systems provides ESP® – Electronic Satellite Pursuit, the only GPS based cash tracking solution. With no cost to ...

Technology

Regional Pawn Database Sharing System: A Lesson in Collaboration

It wasn’t just the 1,300 cases solved in the first six months of operation or the recovery of several million dollars’ worth of stolen property that led to the selection of the Washington (D.C.) R...

Leadership

Scottsdale Police Department: Strategic Planning as a Management Philosophy

The Scottsdale Police department’s strategic planning initiative was designed to create a long-range plan that would identify the organization’s priorities and be the foundation for the organizati...

Technology

Advances & Applications

3i Infotech to Automate San Jose Police Department’s Citation Process 3i Infotech, a provider of mobile and wireless applications for state and local governments, announced that it has been selected...

Crime & Violence

The Challenge of Violent Crime

As law enforcement officers, we are sworn to protect the citizens of our communities from all forms of crime. Yet there is little doubt that our greatest challenge is to protect our citizens from the ...

Recruitment & Personnel

Employee Disciplinary Matrix: A Search for Fairness in the Disciplinary Process

Unfortunately, perceived unfairness is an all too common condition in law enforcement agencies. Employee discipline is never an easy matter to deal with in any employment environment, and law enforcem...

Community-Police Engagement

Titusville Police Department: Zone 2 Strategic Revitalization Plan

Like many other U.S. cities, Titusville, Florida, has a neighborhood that challenges law enforcement’s ability to provide effective policing to its citizens and threatens to reduce the quality of li...