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September 2003 Advances & Applications

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 law enforcemen...

Technology

CriMNet: Minnesota Catches Up with Criminals

Law enforcement professionals are making a dent in crime through hard work and perseverance. But resources are becoming increasingly scarce and new responsibilities are continually being piled on the ...

Investigations

The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan

Imagine a detective working a fraud investigation. As a result of a single inquiry into a networked system-connected to local, state, regional, and federal databases-responses are received from the Fe...

Investigations

Forensic Investigation: It’s Not Just for Big Cities

Many police executives operate under the misguided impression that because their agencies are smaller they lack the operational capacity to fully appreciate the benefits of DNA evidence recovery and f...

Tech Talk

Technology Talk: 800 MHz Public Safety Interference

In August 1999 the Phoenix Police Department and other public safety agencies were experiencing serious interference in their 800 MHz public safety radio systems. It was soon discovered that commercia...

Traffic Safety

From the Administrator: NHTSA’s Highway Safety Priorities

We made significant progress in our efforts to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries in 2003. Thanks largely to hard work by our law enforcement partners, the United States realized a record hi...

Community-Police Engagement

An Employee Disciplinary System That Makes Sense

Two years ago, the Washington State Patrol's disciplinary process, according to some employees and their unions, was punitive and vindictive, lacked empathy, and seemed designed to "get" employees rat...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Members Take Part in Day on the Hill Activities

Law enforcement executives from around the country recently met with their congressional delegations in Washington, D.C., as part of IACP Day on the Hill activities. This event provides an opportunity...