June 2006

Advances & Applications: June 2006

New Orleans Partners with M/A-COM to Improve Interagency Communication M/A-COM Inc., a business unit of Tyco Electronics and a leader in critical radio communications systems, announces that the compa...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Case Law Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Decides Georgia v. Randolph, Holds That Denial of Consent by One Resident Overrides Grant of Consent by Another

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Georgia v. Randolph on March 22, 2006, changes the rules governing some consent searches of private premises. Because this decision is contrary to the way many law e...

Education & Training

Colorado Sheriffs Develop DNA Training

Late last year, a brutal Colorado murder case was solved when DNA evidence from the crime scene was found to match an inmate in an Arizona prison. The crime had occurred 27 years earlier; a young girl...

Technology

Coming to Terms with Geographical Information Systems

An increasing number of law enforcement agencies are relying on computerized crime mapping, yet the prevalence of this technology in policing is difficult to gauge in precise terms. Wide variations ex...

Technology

Geographic Policing Initiative in Roanoke

In the 1990s the Roanoke Police Department began moving toward a community-policing concept by assigning officers to specific districts and charging the officers with becoming familiar with the reside...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Help Keep Impaired Drivers off the Road This Fourth of July

One of the deadliest holiday periods for motor vehicle drivers and passengers is rapidly approaching. The Fourth of July is second only to New Year's among holidays for the number of crashes and fatal...

Legal

Legislative Alert: House Passes Budget Resolution

On May 17, the U.S. House of Representatives finally adopted the $2.8 trillion fiscal year 2007 budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 376). Conservative and moderate Republicans had been negotiating for wee...

Technology

Technology Update

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 ...