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Automated license plate readers (ALPR) are being utilized across the world in a variety of ways and for myriad purposes. Law enforcement has primarily used these devices as a way to facilitate traffi...
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The 2020 IACP Technology Conference will be held May 12–14, at the Oregon Convention Center in downtown Portland, Oregon. The IACP Technology Conference is a professional law enforcement event dedic...
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The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by law enforcement agencies has evolved from a novelty to cutting-edge technology and may very well become a standard equipment expectation in the near future....
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is not about solving crimes; it’s about predicting them. It is the ultimate foundation for preventative, proactive policing. Although police officers have been conduc...
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Increasingly, police departments around the globe are requiring their officers to wear body-worn cameras (BWCs) and while research has been conducted on the impact those cameras have, there has been v...
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“Responding officer reports a non-responsive gunshot victim with multiple shell casings near the body.” This initial report is all too familiar for police personnel in many U.S. communities, as fi...
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The policing profession has undergone what many have termed a “crisis of legitimacy” over the past few years. Although racial tensions are not new to U.S. policing, the 2014 shooting of Michael B...
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The Norman, Oklahoma, Police Department (PD) has proactively upgraded its crime data from the Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and begun to submit...