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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...

Technology

Communications: 800 MHz Public Safety Rebanding: A Solution for Commercial Mobile Radio Service Interference to Public Safety Radio Systems and Its Effect on Public Safety Agencies

Starting later this year, and continuing for the next several years, many public safety radio communications systems will be required to modify their radio frequencies as part of a Federal Communicati...

Technology

Communications: Risks and Tips for Public Safety: Use of Unlicensed 802.11 (Wi-Fi) Broadband Spectrum

As technology continues to move forward at a frantic pace, so does public safety practitioners' desire to take advantage of that technology. Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the use of comm...

Technology

Practical Technology for Smaller Agencies

Even under the best of economic conditions, conscientious public officials recognize that the department's budget and its ability to spend public funds represent an important trust from the citizens o...

Products & Services

Advances and Applications: June 2004

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about — and benefit from — some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law enforce...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: IACP Technology Coordination Panel

The Technology Coordination Panel meets four times each year, once at the annual IACP conference, once at the annual IACP Law Enforcement Information Management Section (LEIM) conference, and twice by...

Technology

Advances & Applications: February 2004

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about - and benefit from - some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law enforcement c...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: GPS Tracking Devices and the Constitution

Advanced technology greatly enhances a police officer's ability to fight crime but presents challenging constitutional issues. One particularly helpful new tool is the global positioning system (GPS) ...