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The Role of the Law Enforcement Phlebotomist

rivers impaired by drugs or alcohol continue to plague highways and roadways in spite of the vigorous efforts of law enforcement agencies that are dedicated to traffic enforcement and of legislators w...

Cybercrime

Identity Theft and the Police Response: Prevention

Unlike other, more conventional crimes, identity theft is difficult to prevent because it is most often done electronically, either on the Internet or credit card transactions. It is not a traditional...

Tips on Police Leadership

Police executives of smaller agencies have to be generalists in police work and organization management. Their daily duties often combine those of a line officer, a first-line supervisor, a middle man...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Using Roadblocks to Apprehend Suspects

After a shooting, or in situations involving other crimes where the police are attempting to apprehend fleeing, dangerous persons, they may set up a roadblock along routes likely to be taken by such s...

Top Ten Trends: Traffic Enforcement

IMGXYZ886IMGZYX he field of traffic enforcement continues to change with the times, but some things never change. Traffic deaths continue to outnumber homicides in the United States by a factor of thr...

Youth

Written Policies for Responding to Children after a Parent or Caretaker Is Arrested

More than 2 million children have an incarcerated parent. In 2000 an estimated 7.3 million children had a parent under some form of correctional supervision (prison, jail, probation, or parole). Does ...

Criminal Justice Reform

Finding Resources: Addressing Prisoner Transport Costs in King County, Washington

In King County, Washington, officials estimate that having 42 separate jurisdictions operate their own criminal justice systems (police department, municipal courts, jails, and unique processes) costs...