February 2007

Red Teaming for Law Enforcement

Editor’s note: The author was the police incident commander for the 2003 TOPOFF2 full-scale terrorism response exercise in Seattle and served as a controller and evaluator for the 2005 Marine Terror...

IACP

Survivor’s Club

The IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club® pays tribute to those deserving officers who have avoided serious or potentially fatal injuries through the use of any kind of body armor. This column is ded...

Terrorism

Terror Attacks on Law Enforcement Worldwide

Local police officers throughout the world are the first line of defense against terrorism. Police officers confront terrorists during traditional activities such as routine traffic stops, warrant ser...

Terrorism

The Future of Homeland Security: An Interview with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has had no shortage of fires to put out since his swearing in on March 3, 2005. He has dealt with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and overseen...

Terrorism

The International Terrorist Threat to the United Kingdom

In early 2005 Dame Eliza had received approval for her decision to retire from the Security Service effective April 2007, after 33 years as an officer of the Security Service, the last 10 as either di...

Recruitment & Personnel

Transfer and Reassignment: An Important but Sometimes Risky Management Prerogative

One of the chief responsibilities of law enforcement managers is the deployment and assignment of police officers. To fight crime, respond to community needs, and ensure officer safety, an agency must...

Technology

Advances & Applications

Kazakhstan Deploys Police Helicopter from Robinson Robinson Helicopters announces that the Republic of Kazakhstan has acquired one of the company’s helicopters for law enforcement use. Kazakhstan’...

Investigations

CompStat in a Midsize Agency: The CompStat Process in Columbia

When a series of armed robberies occurred in Columbia’s Five Points neighborhood, a popular destination for locals and visitors alike, the police knew it was vital to solve the crimes quickly and pu...