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Advances & Applications

New Mexico Selects Sagem Morpho for Statewide Fingerprint System Sagem Morpho Inc. announces that the New Mexico Department of Public Safety awarded the company its contract to provide its new statewi...

IACP

IACP News: October 2006

Protecting Civil Rights: A Leadership Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement The effectiveness of the police depends on the trust and confidence of the community. If civil rights of indivi...

IACP

Changes Occurring in the 21st-Century Training Environment

In April 2006 the IACP Education and Training Committee asked me to serve as the guest editor for the November 2006 issue of the Police Chief magazine with a focus on training. The objective is to bri...

Legal

Legislative Alert: IACP Opposes House-Passed Firearms Seizure Bill

In late July, the House passed a bill (H.R. 5013) designed to guarantee that lawful gun owners would be allowed to keep their firearms during and after major disasters, such as hurricanes or terrorist...

Policy

Conducting an FLSA Audit

One of the best ways to reduce a municipal employer’s exposure to claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is to conduct periodic self-audits. This will help detect problems before they beco...

Global Policing

IACP South American Executive Public Safety Seminar: Fortaleza, Brazil

On June 18, the governor of the Brazilian state of Ceara, Lucio Gonçalo de Alcantara, opened the IACP's sixth major South American event hosted in Brazil in the past six years....

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Congress Clears Homeland Security Funding Bill before Election Recess

Before leaving for a pre-election recess, the House and Senate both approved the conference report for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. The bill (H.R. 5441)will decrease total f...

Recruitment & Personnel

Impact Of The Military Reserve Activation On Police Staffing

State and local law enforcement's expanded role translates directly to personnel demands in terms of more officers, more hours from existing officers, or both....