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Much has happened at the N-DEx Program Office since the 2013 Police Chief article featuring the N‑DEx system.1 As the United States’ premier no-cost criminal justice information sharing system, N-...
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The rookie officer had only recently downloaded the department-provided Rapid Assistance for People in Distress (RAPID) app on his smartphone, and his training officer asked him to open the app and le...
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3D printing has the potential to transform the world by simplifying manufacturing, shortening supply and distribution chains, democratizing production, creating and repatriating jobs, and customizing ...
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For police chiefs considering the addition of a social media manager position or wondering about the actual value of an agency social media program in the first place, new police-specific research she...
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In a culture of cellphone videos and body cameras, the public sees the world through a small lens—the angle of which is historically, dictated by the media. Researchers have often argued that factor...
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If Sir Robert Peel were alive today, he’d probably be a Twitter power user.
Almost two centuries ago, Sir Robert Peel and the newly formed London Metropolitan Police force—then struggling t...
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When I joined the Charlotte Police Department in Charlotte, North Carolina, 37 years ago, the department issued each officer a two-way radio to talk to a single officer or dispatcher. In July 2016, Fa...
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Social media has been in existence for over a decade now, and, as it continues to evolve and new platforms emerge, it has impacted society in a number of ways. People around the world now have differe...
