matrixsuperadmin, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Reply to RespectStat: Good, Now Let’s Go One Step Farther

Over the past two decades, CompStat has been widely used by police executives as a tool to increase accountability for crime problems in specific districts or precincts. Although CompStat is controver...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Marijuana Use by Youth Can Have Long-Term Consequences

As public attitudes about marijuana shift and some U.S. states legalize it for medicinal or recreational use, the impact of these changes on public safety and health are an active area of research and...

Global Policing

Strengthening Capabilities through U.S. Army Interagency Fellowships

In the early morning hours of Thursday, March 13, 2014, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (Fort Lauderdale team) arrested James Robert Jones as he unsuspectedly beg...

Drugs & Alcohol

The Department of Defense’s Support to Law Enforcement Agencies in Countering Drug Trafficking

The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Arizona Department of Public Safety, and other local and state law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to prevent these packs of mari...

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The Department of Defense’s Support to Law Enforcement Agencies in Countering Drug Trafficking

On a dark night, 12 undocumented aliens hastily move north along worn desert paths through agave plants and velvet mesquite trees in the southern Arizona mountainous terrain. They strain and readjust ...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

The Paradox of Police Development: Community Policing for High-Threat Environments

Over the past decade, the U.S. military gained significant experience training civilian police in Iraq and Afghanistan; yet, many military professionals still lack a clear operational understanding of...

Traffic Safety

The Routine Traffic Stop: How Officers Have Used License Plate Violations to Solve Crimes

Since 1998, the Highway Safety Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, along with 3M’s Traffic Safety and Security Division, have recognized officers throughout the United St...

Global Policing

Twice Sworn—The Benefits of Dual-Career Police Professionals to Civilian and Military Police Units

U.S. Army Military Police (MP) arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003 with the leading combat units and quickly transitioned into a role of supporting local police officers and, eventually, reestablishing ...