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Survivors’ Club: November 2005

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...

Officer Safety & Wellness

The Culture of Safety: No One Gets Hurt Today

Today, safety in the work place is a top priority all around the world. Yet employees of companies, governments, municipal agencies, and other organizations are unnecessarily injured while at work eve...

Crime & Violence

Vehicle Theft Investigation Is About Looking Beyond the Traffic Stop

Vehicle theft in the United States is a serious problem. It is important to note that vehicle theft is the second most profitable crime in the United States, surpassed only by trafficking in illegal n...

Terrorism

What Chiefs Need to Know About Port Security

Port security used to be a topic of little interest to any agency not involved with or adjacent to a port. Specialized port policing agencies throughout the country traditionally had little contact or...

Education & Training

21st Century Issues Related to Police Training and Standards

Law enforcement in Western culture is already several centuries old. Even the most causal reflection will identify the magnitude of change over the years. Police museums are populated with mannequins ...

Technology

Advances & Applications (October 2005)

New Public Safety Building Opens in Texas City Brinkley Sargent Architects announces the opening of the Temple Public Safety Building in Temple, Texas. The 50,000-square-foot building was completed in...

Education & Training

Building Training Capacity for Homeland Security: Lessons Learned from Community Policing

A heightened state of awareness of terrorist threats has been woven into the everyday experience of many Americans. Nowhere is this more keenly felt than in law enforcement. As law enforcement acknowl...

Education & Training

Distance Learning: Is It the Answer to Your Department’s Training Needs?

Training is vital to the success of individual police officers and their departments. The better trained the officers, the more successful the department. Every department has certain training mandate...