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Chicago’s Electronic Recording of Interrogation Project

The Chicago Police Department, in meeting a state legislative mandate to record the interrogations of suspects in capital cases, has established itself as a technology leader in digital recording....

Technology

Geographic Policing Initiative in Roanoke

In the 1990s the Roanoke Police Department began moving toward a community-policing concept by assigning officers to specific districts and charging the officers with becoming familiar with the reside...

Global Policing

Democratic Reform in Polish Policing

On May 1, 2004, Poland, along with nine other mostly eastern European nations, was admitted into the European Union, bringing that group's membership to 25 nations. It was a momentous occasion for Pol...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Help Keep Impaired Drivers off the Road This Fourth of July

One of the deadliest holiday periods for motor vehicle drivers and passengers is rapidly approaching. The Fourth of July is second only to New Year's among holidays for the number of crashes and fatal...

Community-Police Engagement

Downtown Security Collaborative

Since May 2003, members of the Minneapolis Police Department and the city's business community have been working together to increase partnerships and decrease crime in downtown Minneapolis....

Legal

Legislative Alert: House Passes Budget Resolution

On May 17, the U.S. House of Representatives finally adopted the $2.8 trillion fiscal year 2007 budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 376). Conservative and moderate Republicans had been negotiating for wee...

Recruitment & Personnel

Effecting Change: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Too often change initiatives in organizations either end up seriously compromised or fail altogether. The result is change-wary officers, frustrated leadership, and usually wasted time and wasted reso...

President’s Message: It’s Not Just Washington and New York: Funding Cuts Weaken Homeland Security Efforts Nationwide

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