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Survivor’s Club: August 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...

Community-Police Engagement

Innovations in Policing: Patrol Motivation in Crime Prevention Initiatives

The Yorkville Police Department had been struggling to get the patrol division to buy into the crime prevention philosophy for years. Although patrol officers would follow orders and assist in a commu...

Tech Talk

Technology Talk: Douglas County Sheriff’s Response to Computer Crime

An early 2001, after posting an undercover profile of a middle school girl on the Internet, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s High Tech Crime Unit received a message from a 45-year-old...

Terrorism

NIMS and the Incident Command System

In Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 (HSPD-5), President Bush called on the secretary of homeland security to develop a national incident management system to provide a consistent nationwide ...

Crime & Violence

The NYPD Strategic Approach to Stopping Graffiti Vandalism

Quality-of-life crimes and the conditions that they create can challenge law enforcement. Graffiti vandalism is one such quality-of-life crime, and the New York Police Department (NYPD) undertook a st...

Community-Police Engagement

Innovations in Policing: Proactively Addressing Gangs Effectively

Danville is a city facing many challenges. The economy is primarily based on tobacco and textile manufacturing, both of which are declining and seriously affecting the city and region. Data from the 2...

Investigations

Wanted: An Effective Fugitive Task Force

A task force that combines the resources of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies can be an effective tool for finding and apprehending fugitives. Very few departments have adequate resou...

President's Message

President’s Message: IACP Committed to Improving Information Sharing

Early in my career, I was part of a team of investigators that successfully convicted a serial killer who preyed on 12-year-old girls in Vermont. What brought these cases to a close was the collection...