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On October 11, 2005, the final platoons of personnel, vehicles, and equipment assigned to the Louisiana Emergency Assistance Deployment (Operation LEAD), returned to New Jersey....
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In a North Carolina study, the second most common reason officers gave for terminating employment with their current department was a lateral transfer to another law enforcement agency. Historically, ...
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Law enforcement in Western culture is already several centuries old. Even the most causal reflection will identify the magnitude of change over the years. Police museums are populated with mannequins ...
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A heightened state of awareness of terrorist threats has been woven into the everyday experience of many Americans. Nowhere is this more keenly felt than in law enforcement. As law enforcement acknowl...
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Training is vital to the success of individual police officers and their departments. The better trained the officers, the more successful the department. Every department has certain training mandate...
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The training function is a critical and significant function of any agency that is concerned about quality, productivity, liability, and morale. A number of benefits can result from a quality police t...
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Are street smarts better than book smarts? The question comes up often in policing and elsewhere. Television's Apprentice, featuring billionaire Donald Trump, recently pitted a street-smart team of su...
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Based on an analysis of calls for service, statistical data, and officer observations, it became apparent to members of the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) that the youth who were residing in the ...
