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The traditional role of the vice unit within law enforcement agencies is to investigate vice-related crimes such as prostitution, gambling, bookmaking, pornography, and problems associated with alcoho...
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It was early 2018 in a Recruit School course at the Police Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) standard addressed was “Biased Polic...
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On November 23, 2012, Michael Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, shot and killed 17-year-old high school student Jordan Davis at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida. An argument between Dunn a...
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In 1998, the world was horrified by news reports of two gruesome hate-fueled murders. James Byrd Jr. was chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged to his death. Matthew Shepard was beaten, tie...
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Deputy Navdeep Singh Nijjar was 14 years old when his family moved from his native home of Punjab, India, to Houston, Texas, in 2000. He had family in Texas, so he knew enough about U.S. culture to kn...
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Every time a new police chief, sheriff, or other law enforcement leader gets sworn in as a public servant, the community members he or she will serve cannot help but hope for an improvement of their n...
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Public trust is the cornerstone of policing, the thread that is woven into every aspect of policing—from combating terrorism, cybercrime, human trafficking, domestic violence, and drug abuse, to the...
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This past year saw revelations of sexual harassment in several different arenas, including the realms of entertainment, news media, sports, and politics. Some of what has been exposed are criminal act...
