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The Technical Aspects of Computer-Facilitated Crimes against Children

The Internet revolution has brought an array of technologies that have touched nearly every aspect of modern life. The ability to communicate and share information instantaneously makes all the distan...

Technology

IACP Technology Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) Update

The combination of critical changes in police responsibilities (homeland security, counterterrorism, community policing) and continued advances in technology require an innovative approach to supporti...

Technology

Communications: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Missing Persons Hotline

In the chaos caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, more than 5,000 children were separated from their loved ones. Such separations are traumatic for children, parents, and guardians alike, and rarely...

Products & Services

Practical Vehicle Equipment

In 1909 Chief J. H. Haager of Louisville, Kentucky, predicted that the automobile would revolutionize police work and have a profound impact on policing. The police were not the only ones making use o...

Education & Training

21st Century Issues Related to Police Training and Standards

Law enforcement in Western culture is already several centuries old. Even the most causal reflection will identify the magnitude of change over the years. Police museums are populated with mannequins ...

Technology

Innovations in Policing: Using Technology to Enhance Officer Safety and Efficiency

The City of Delray Beach faced increasing demands for action to stop speeding in residential neighborhoods but lacked the resources to add more police officers to address this problem. The officers we...

Technology

CompStat Plus: In-depth Auditing, Mentorship, Close Collaboration

Since the creation of CompStat by Chief William J. Bratton and Jack Maple in 1994, when Bratton was commissioner of the New York Police Department, police and political leaders desiring to improve pol...