April 2004

2004 SACOP Midyear Conference: Representing the States’ Views

The IACP Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACOP) recently concluded its 2004 midyear conference and meetings with congressional leaders during Day on the Hill. Seventy-five delegate...

Community-Police Engagement

A Police-University Collaboration to Improve Community Policing

Making effective use of the talents and resources outside the police department can help extend severely strained police resources. Police in Providence, Rhode Island, are collaborating with a local u...

Products & Services

Advances and Applications: April 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 enforceme...

Community-Police Engagement

Branding Your Agency: Creating the Police Department’s Image

In today’s mass-market media-driven society, it is becoming difficult to define ourselves before someone else does it for us. This is true for everything from laundry detergent to automobiles, a...

Technology

CriMNet: Minnesota Catches Up with Criminals

Law enforcement professionals are making a dent in crime through hard work and perseverance. But resources are becoming increasingly scarce and new responsibilities are continually being piled on the ...

Investigations

Forensic Investigation: It’s Not Just for Big Cities

Many police executives operate under the misguided impression that because their agencies are smaller they lack the operational capacity to fully appreciate the benefits of DNA evidence recovery and f...

Traffic Safety

From the Administrator: NHTSA’s Highway Safety Priorities

We made significant progress in our efforts to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries in 2003. Thanks largely to hard work by our law enforcement partners, the United States realized a record hi...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Members Take Part in Day on the Hill Activities

Law enforcement executives from around the country recently met with their congressional delegations in Washington, D.C., as part of IACP Day on the Hill activities. This event provides an opportunity...