Community-Police Engagement
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The Western Kentucky University (WKU) Police Department has developed a citizen police academy that is designed to emulate the various citizen academies conducted by many municipal police departments ...
Terrorism
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The constellation of clues and evidence related to criminal activity is often spread across disconnected databases and paper files in thousands of local, state, and federal agencies. In many cases cri...
Crime & Violence
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Since September 11, 2001, homeland security issues have been law enforcement’s main focus. Proper and rapid response to terrorist acts moved to the forefront of everyone’s thinking, and federal fu...
Cybercrime
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Unlike other, more conventional crimes, identity theft is difficult to prevent because it is most often done electronically, either on the Internet or credit card transactions. It is not a traditional...
Global Policing
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The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security is one of America's most potent assets in the fight against terrorism and crime. In addition to serving as the security and law enforcement a...
Community-Police Engagement
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In 1998, members of the Aurora Police Department began developing a strategic plan for the department’s future. The strategic planning committee was tasked with developing a plan to increase the...
Crime & Violence
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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...
Crime & Violence
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The National Violence Against Women Advisory Group is composed of law enforcement executives, judges, prosecutors, and advocates, all of whom came together for the two-day meeting in Minneapolis....