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Law enforcement organizations nationwide deal with complaints on a frequent basis. Some citizen complaints are unfounded or simple misunderstandings resulting from poor communication. However, even mi...
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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...
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On September 9 through 18, 2009, a joint operation between Colombian and Mexican law enforcement—based on information developed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—ultimately yielde...
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In April 2009, the H1N1 virus was at the peak of its first outbreak, and state and local partners were anxious to understand the local impact of the national outbreak and its implication for homeland ...
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State and local law enforcement officers are on the front lines of detecting operational planning and precursor activities related to terrorism. Many of these activities may be disguised as traditiona...
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The most lethal threat to officer safety is the armed gunman. Police officers are 13 times more likely to be killed with a firearm than with any other weapon.1 One method for keeping firearms out of d...
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Fusion centers, both individually and collectively, across the United States have begun to assess their purpose as it relates to customer expectations. It has been several years since the concept of f...
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Understanding crime prevention starts with defining what is crime prevention in today’s world. That seems like an easy thing to define—“crime prevention” is the “prevention of crime”—but...
