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Survivors’ Club: February 2006

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...

Investigations

Identifying the Missing

Two of the more difficult kinds of cases for a criminal investigator to handle are those related to missing persons and those involving unidentified human remains. Not surprisingly, the two often go h...

Policy

Slow Pursuits Lead to Fast and Safe Apprehensions

In the world of reality police television, high-speed pursuits are nearly always entertaining. But in everyday police work, high-speed pursuits are anything but entertaining. They can lead to traffic ...

Crime & Violence

A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Demand for Services

Working with the community, the Akron Police Department developed a strategic crime control plan. The plan establishes 29 internal primary tasks that the department must complete to ensure that the co...

Exposition

From the Director: Tactical Information Sharing System

In the post-September 11 world, where the possibility of future criminal terrorist attacks remains high, the ability to identify criminal terrorist activity while still in the planning stages is vit...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: April 2006

California Police Department Chooses PDSI Scheduling Software PDSI, a leading provider of staff scheduling and notification solutions for public safety departments, announces that the San Jose Police ...

Criminal Justice Reform

Lost in Translation

Already, police officers across the country have experienced a surge in contacts with non-English speakers. The language barrier presents challenges to the execution of a variety of law enforcement fu...

Products & Services

Product Update: April 2006

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. For free in-depth information, visit http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/pc/ and inse...