May 2006

Ad Index: May 2006

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Recruitment & Personnel

Special Focus: Police Facilities

Long Beach Police North Station: Long Beach, California (PDF File) Shakopee Police Headquarters: Shakopee, Minnesota (PDF File) North Attleboro Police Headquarters: North Attleboro, Massachuset...

Policy

Standardized Law Enforcement Funeral Protocol

The death of a member of the police community is a sad time for the department and family of the deceased, for the residents of his or her jurisdiction, and for his or her peers at other agencies. Whe...

Leadership

Strategies for Successful Team-Building Workshops

The military has understood it for quite awhile and the private sector knows it too: organizational success is dependent upon teams. No management fact is more obvious and no concept more critical. In...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Section 1983 Liability

For the second time in 16 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has found that government generally does not have a federal constitutional duty to protect citizens from third parties. The June 2005 decision c...

Officer Safety & Wellness

The Boston Police Department

On December 12, 1825, Watchman Jonathan Houghton became the first Boston law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. John Halloran, who was hung for the crime in March 1826, killed him on Stat...

Terrorism

The Power of Public-Private Partnerships P³ Networks in Policing

During the last few years, police executives around the globe have reevaluated their agencies' operations in order to meet today's most pressing challenge: maintaining public safety in a post-Septembe...

Technology

The State of Police Department Web Sites

Inherent in modern policing is the need to reach out to the communities served. To this end, police officers attend neighborhood meetings, organize crime prevention campaigns, mail out newsletters, an...