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Tech Talk: A Quick Guide on Mobile Drone Detection

The drone—a double-edged sword. The eerie thing about that phrase in this context is the Central Intelligence Agency has actually created and used a missile with sword-like blades for highly accurat...

Legal

The Long and Winding Road: Understanding Legal Trends for Evaluating Emerging Technologies

The legal landscape concerning U.S. law enforcement’s use of a range of differing developing technologies can best be characterized as a long and winding road. Unlike many nations that have codified...

Technology

The Last Telecommunicator Has Been Born

Futurists have begun to offer the prospect that the last people to be employed in certain professions have already been born. Law enforcement agencies attempting to address skyrocketing employee costs...

IACP Net Bulletin

IACP Net Bulletin: IACP Net Periodicals Features Three New Publications

Looking for an article that you remember reading a couple years ago but can’t find the hard copy issue in your office? IACP Net’s Periodicals section houses articles from seven major publications,...

Technology

2020 IACP Technology Conference Preview

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...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Three-City Evaluation of Gunshot Detection Technology

Gunshot detection technology (GDT) is a tool used by law enforcement agencies to measure, respond to, and investigate firearm shootings. Since its design, the technology has been rapidly adopted by th...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Embracing New Technology and Innovation

How does the willingness of police leaders to embrace new technology and innovation influence the profession? Brandon Epstein, Detective, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, New Jersey Many po...