November 2013

Officer Safety Corner: Interview Rooms: Design for Safety and Utility

“The job is not finished until the paperwork is complete” is often heard from Assistant Chief Investigator Jim Rizy—a reminder of how important attention to detail is in daily life at the co...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Police “Whistleblowers” and the First Amendment

On August 22, 2013, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, in a unanimous en banc decision (11-0), held, in Dahlia v. Rodriguez, that officers may have First Amendment protection against employer re...

Crime & Violence

Project Exile: Still the Model for Firearms Crime Reduction Strategies

Project Exile was, by most accounts, one of the most successful violent crime reduction strategies in the United States. The initiative started in February 1997 and was a coordinated effort between th...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: New Initiatives in Risk Assessment, Offender Profiling, and Micro Hot-Spot Policing

This month’s Research in Brief (RIB) column takes a different approach. Instead of presenting just one research effort, we are presenting short summaries of three—specifically the three ...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Shutdown Drags on as Congress Remains at an Impasse

As we approached the midnight deadline on September 30, it became clear that House and Senate Congressional Leaders were not going to pass a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the governmen...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Situational Policing in Rural Areas

The Town of Granville, which is located in Monongalia County, West Virginia, has approximately 1,700 residents and a large business area. As of May 2013, the Granville Police Department consists of el...

Leadership

The Five Cs of Law Enforcement Leadership

When new recruits embark on a law enforcement career and begin their police academy training, they receive instruction on a variety of topics. These learning domains are designed to equip them in perf...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: The Policy Foundation of Technology Implementation

Contemporary law enforcement executives, caught between the competing forces of dwindling resources and growing demands for service, are increasingly turning to technology to achieve greater efficienc...