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Shared Solutions for Shared Problems: New Jersey’s CorrStat and Real Time Crime Center Initiatives

It’s the third Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. sharp. Newark, New Jersey, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose, calls the gathering to order and takes his seat at the head of a table of police ch...

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Product Feature: GPS Devices Help Officers on Foot as Well as in Vehicles

In one scenario, an officer pursues and overtakes two suspects in an alley, but as she approaches them, the officer realizes her portable radio became detached during the chase. In another, officer...

Exposition

Exposition: January 2019

Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacturers ...

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Operational Applications of NIBRS to Policing

The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is the modern system for U.S.-wide collection of crime data by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). NIBRS contains structured information abo...

Tech Talk

Technology Talk: Balancing Data Security with Access to Video Evidence

One of the most prolific sources of evidence available to investigators comes from video images, so why do so many police agencies fail to give officers the tools required to effectively examine their...

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Technology Talk: An Amplified Need for Cross-Jurisdictional Data Sharing

Overall criminal activity has fallen to historical lows across Long Island’s Suffolk County in New York, and some of that progress can be attributed to the Suffolk County Police Department’s incre...

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Securing the Big Game: Emerging Technologies for Event Security

Usually, major sporting events occur without incident—and that’s no accident. Security for these events tends to involve long-range planning by a wide array of agencies working together to provide...