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Reductions in Alcohol-Related Traffic Deaths

In 2003, for the first time since 1999, the United States experienced a reduction in alcohol-related fatalities. There were 511 fewer alcohol-related traffic deaths in 2003, compared with 2002, which ...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: January 2005

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about — and benefit from — some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by...

Traffic Safety

Police officer giving sobriety test to young man to see if he is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Police cruiser is out of focus in the foreground.

Sobriety Checkpoints: Doing More Checkpoints with LESS

To the Fairfax County Police Department's Traffic Division it was clear: a comprehensive impaired driver enforcement program had to include sobriety checkpoints. It was also clear that conducting sobr...

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Product Update: January 2005

Digital video system Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, a provider of ruggedized portable computers, announces the Toughbook Arbitrator, a mobile digital video system designed to combine dig...

Traffic Safety

Sobriety Checkpoints: An Effective Tool to Reduce DWI Fatalities

More than 17,000 people die and half a million are injured every year from an entirely preventable cause of death, alcohol-related crashes. That's one death every half hour. Research shows that the be...

Index to Advertisers

Index to Advertisers: January 2005

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Tech Talk

Technology Talk: Purchasing a New CAD or RMS Soon?

The information-sharing capabilities of law enforcement agencies across the United States vary as much as the agencies themselves. Some have the resources and staff to implement and support highly tec...

Technology Talk

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