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In 2002, Correll and others published a paper titled, “The Police Officer’s Dilemma.” The paper was, in part, a reaction to the death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed black man who was shot and kill...
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There can be little debate that CompStat processes in police agencies across the United States have revolutionized crime fighting and made communities safer. For more than a decade, these innovations ...
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In November 2004, the IACP amended its constitution to allow for the creation of a new committee: the Research Advisory Committee (RAC). The purpose of this new committee is to help guide the IACP and...
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On a sleety, cold afternoon in mid-January, Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers stopped a freight truck on Interstate 10 in Jackson County for not displaying a U.S. Department of Transportation number...
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In order to keep up with the strides being made in automotive design and highway design and the way laws are enforced, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has changed its overall traffic enforcement philoso...
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An increasing number of law enforcement agencies are relying on computerized crime mapping, yet the prevalence of this technology in policing is difficult to gauge in precise terms. Wide variations ex...
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Modern police work is challenging. Criminals have access to advanced technology and methodologies to make them better able to plan and commit crimes. To match the pace of criminal activity, law enforc...
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There are many good reasons why successful law enforcement executives will have to be consumers and appliers of research. They do not need to become researchers themselves, but they must use the resea...
