March 2010

Digital Multimedia Evidence Processing Laboratory – Training

For many television viewers and forensic science enthusiasts, shows like CSI and the spin-off television shows CSI: Miami and CSI: New York are fun to watch and, with their various characters and stor...

Global Policing

Francopol: Working Together, en français

In times of globalization, increased partnership at the international level is essential to successful law enforcement. On this basis, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the École nationale de police du Q...

IACP

IACP News: March 2010

The 2010 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) is April 18–24, 2010. Each April since 1981, the Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, ha...

Products & Services

Product Update: March 2010

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. For free in-depth information, visit us online, or circle the appropriate Reader Servic...

Products & Services

Index to Advertisers: March 2010

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Recruitment & Personnel

One Department’s Experience: CALEA Accreditation

The management of any police department is a challenge. The need to balance the expectations of the elected officials, the community, and the staff is something that can be both frustrating and reward...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Recovery Act Compliance—No Simple Matter

As counsel to law enforcement agencies, attorneys are presented with significant challenges that vary with time and are becoming increasingly complex. Nothing serves to demonstrate this trend better t...

Traffic Safety

SAFE Driving—The Role of the Chief

Traffic collisions take more lives and end more careers for law enforcement officers than any other event—felonious or accidental. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (N...