September 2010

Proactive Patrolling through the Use of Patrol Scripts

Patrol has been, is, and will continue to be the backbone of college and local policing. Response to emergency and nonemergency calls to patrol officers for service is a primary component of policing ...

Technology

Technology Talk: Project TIPLINE: A Free Software Application for Law Enforcement

Citizens report tips to law enforcement agencies on a regular basis, whether it is to document an unfamiliar vehicle in the neighborhood or to report on a suspicious activity. Law enforcement official...

Crime & Violence

Secure Communities: Identifying and Removing Criminal Aliens

At the beginning of this year, law enforcement officers booked three individuals, all incarcerated on charges of first degree rape, first degree kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon, into t...

Products & Services

Ad Index: September 2010

All Traffic Solutions All Traffic Solutions designs, manufacturers and distributes some of the world’s best traffic calming and enforcement products , a family of interchangeable radar speed signs a...

Products & Services

Product Update: September 2010

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacture...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: September 2010

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about — and benefit from — some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law enforceme...

IACP

IACP News: September 2010

Colonel Bill Hitchens, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety; and Connie Patrick, director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and chairperson of National Law Enforcement ...

Policy

Taser Use and the Use-of-Force Continuum: Examining the Effect of Policy Change

Electronic control devices have been used by the police since the 1970s, and their use is burgeoning as technology has improved. Data reveals that these devices are beneficial for controlling noncompl...