May 2008

State and Provincial Police Hold Midyear Meeting-2008

The 2008 IACP Division of State and Provincial Police (S&P) held its midyear meeting March 3–7 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. S&P members joined with members of th...

Survivors’ Club

he 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 dedi...

Technology Talk: Law Enforcement Online: A Powerful Partner for Information Sharing

e were information sharing among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies before it became the big buzzword of the day. . . . It’s really what we’re all about.” So said Tom Bush, assis...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

The Next Step in Accountability Driven Leadership: “CompStating” the CompStat Data

There can be little debate that CompStat processes in police agencies across the United States have revolutionized crime fighting and made communities safer. For more than a decade, these innovations ...

Year of Preventing Identity Crime: The Need to Build on Public-Private Partnerships

Tens of thousands of fake documents were sold along Roosevelt Avenue for years by two criminal organizations. . . . Two major identity theft “mills” were shut down as a result of the raids. — �...