matrixsuperadmin, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Communications: Risks and Tips for Public Safety: Use of Unlicensed 802.11 (Wi-Fi) Broadband Spectrum

As technology continues to move forward at a frantic pace, so does public safety practitioners' desire to take advantage of that technology. Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the use of comm...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 7/17/04-7/29/04

“They will be remembered — not for the way they died, but for how they lived.” The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities and th...

Technology

Communications: Selecting the Appropriate Wireless Infrastructure

In August 2004 ARJIS and CapWIN initiated a cooperative agreement to facilitate mutual cooperation in the development of voice and data sharing systems for public safety and transportation. This agree...

Recruitment & Personnel

Mission Possible: Creating a New Face for the FBI

No law enforcement agency faces greater recruiting challenges than the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With stringent application requirements and a public image of "men in black," the agency has sev...

Technology

Communications: Voice over Internet Protocol: The Implications for Public Safety

Voice conversations using data networks (also known as IP, or Internet Protocol, networks) have received much attention from consumers, businesses, and regulators as an alternative to the traditional ...

Leadership

Multiagency Teams: A Leadership Challenge

The author’s research was designed to examine the various cultural practices and communications protocols that either assisted in or interfered with the ability of police agencies to form and sustai...

Policy

Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement

The September 11 attacks have affected the manner in which law enforcement agencies view their responsibilities and duties. In the ensuing years, state and local law enforcement agencies have done a m...

Recruitment & Personnel

Police Supervision in the 21st Century: Can Traditional Work Standards and the Contemporary Employee Coexist?

There is little doubt that most police supervisors, at whatever level of the organization, have felt the frustration inherent in the attempted application of traditional work standards to employees wh...