August 2004

Advances & Applications: August 2004

California Bomb Squad Uses Two-Wheel Vehicles at Hazmat Scenes Segway announces that the 10-member bomb unit of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in California uses Segway Human Transporters, ...

Investigations

CCTV: A Law Enforcement Tool

The past decade has seen unprecedented growth in the deployment of closed-circuit television (CCTV) security monitoring systems. Nationally reported events, such as terrorist attacks and school and wo...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: FCC Approves the Consensus Plan

On Thursday, July 8, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved the IACP-supported Consensus Plan (www.projectconsesus.org), which seeks to eliminate radio interference in the 800-mega...

From the Director

The Police Chief magazine normally publishes this column in each issue, but a number of factors precluded us from including the column this month. Please use the back button on your browser to return ...

President's Message

President’s Message: Fulfilling Our Mission: IACP Services Today

In recent months, this column has provided updates on the IACP's efforts in support of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan and the elimination of radio interference for public safety offic...

Global Policing

How the Annual IACP Conference Helps: Stopping Domestic Violence in Indian Country

With ingenuity, $25,000 can go a long way. For Sergeant Albert Benally, the deputy sheriff in charge of inspections in the McKinley County, New Mexico, Sheriff's Department, a $25,000 grant in 1996 fr...

IACP

IACP News: August 2004

The IACP has joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the American Red Cross, and the U.S. Department of Education have joined a coalition of more 50 national organizations to engage U.S...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Is the Miranda Custody Standard Different for Juveniles?

According to a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Yarborough v. Alvarado, the Court further clarified the concept of custody in determining whether Miranda warnings are necessary when a juv...