February 2008

A Campus Plan for Natural and Man-Made Disasters

On September 18, 2003, the Virginia State University (VSU) campus, in Petersburg, Virginia, was hit by Hurricane Isabel. After making landfall, Isabel moved across the central part of Virginia, causin...

Advances & Applications

IMGXYZ2035IMGZYX Tallahassee–Leon County GIS Rolls Out First Phase of Incident Management System Tallahassee–Leon County Geographic Information System (TLC GIS), a partnership program of the City ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Community Caretaking Doctrine

Ordinarily, police officers need at least reasonable suspicion to stop citizens on foot or in a motor vehicle. However, there are certain interactions between police officers and citizens that do not ...

February 2008 Products & Services

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Terrorism

Fusion Centers

As a result of the tragic terrorist attacks in New York City, in Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, law enforcement agencies throughout the country realized there was an immediat...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: IACP Law Enforcement Challenge-Part VII: Program Evaluation

Over the past several months, this column has examined five essential elements of a law enforcement traffic safety program: departmental policy and enforcement guidelines; training; recognition of off...

IACP News

Officer Deaths Up 28 Percent in 2007 A preliminary report released by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors shows that 186 federal, state, and local officers were...

Line of Duty Deaths

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