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“This is 911, what is your emergency?”
“My neighbor assaulted me again; I’m injured and scared—I don’t know if he is coming back.”
When this call comes in, who responds? Police to ...
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Ferguson. Baltimore. Louisville. Minneapolis. Deadly police-civilian encounters over the past decade in these and other U.S. cities have launched presidential task forces and sparked protests, riots, ...
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Many police agencies across the United States are dealing with increasing violence in their jurisdictions while also facing political pressures to limit enforcement activities. Within this context, or...
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In an effort to bolster the discussions on crime and homeland security issues in this U.S. presidential election year, the IACP submitted a series of questions to both major-party candidates for presi...
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New York City got a proverbial punch in the mouth on July 13, 1977, when a lightning strike took out three electrical substations, resulting in a cascading blackout. After 24 hours without electricity...
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Significant new changes to the U.S. Model Penal Code (MPC)—the first in 60 years—could make it more difficult to prosecute those who sell or buy children for sex. Additionally, it could block the ...
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The numerous calls for reform have sent police into a defensive mode and have caused police leaders to examine the profession from the ground up, searching for ways to restore the trust of the communi...
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During the first two decades of this third millennium, law enforcement officers have shouldered numerous changes in public safety operations.
Some of the changes have been the result of technological...
