February 2013

Technology Talk: Advances in Law Enforcement Information Technology Will Enable More Accurate, Actionable Analysis

Contemporary advances in law enforcement information management and technology are laying an important foundation for recent efforts by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Office of Justice Progra...

Technology

Enhancing Criminal Justice and Homeland Security Capabilities: N-DEx Fulfilling Its Vision to Support Law Enforcement

The National Data Exchange (N-DEx) became operational March 18, 2008. Long before the first records were put into the system, however, the catalyst for N-DEx’s success was put in place though the pr...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

FBI’s LEOKA Offers Insight into Officer Deaths

The death of a law enforcement officer is a tragedy: It represents the needless loss of a spouse, a parent, a child, a sibling, a neighbor, and a coworker. One hundred twenty-five law enforcement offi...

Products & Services

February 2013 Products & Services

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 enforcement col...

Product Update

February 2013 Product Update

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...

Index to Advertisers

February 2013 Index to Advertisers

The advertisers in this listing can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention the Police Chief when contacting our advertisers....

Human & Civil Rights

Homeland Security Investigations: Fight Human Trafficking with a Full Arsenal

In the summer of 2009, a desperate young Ukrainian woman sought the help of the Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Police (CCSP). The woman, whose neck was branded with a distinctive horseshoe-shaped ...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Releases Firearms Position Paper

The IACP has long advocated for the adoption of common sense policies that will assist in reducing gun violence. These proposals are drawn from the association resolutions and policy positions adopted...