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In the early 1990s several shootings involving Miami, Florida, Police Department officers using Glock firearms received widespread media attention. It also revealed the Glock weapons’ identification...
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In the past few years, the developments in crime analysis, especially geographic analysis, have been stunning. Just 10 years ago, the job of making a map and table depicting residential burglaries in ...
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Financial and identity crimes are becoming more complex and time consuming to investigate. Frequently, these investigations can be overwhelming and intimidating for law enforcement officers. This ofte...
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Years ago, one of the authors (K.P.) was the project manager in charge of replacing his department’s computer system, and the department was trying to decide if it needed to spend thousands of dolla...
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he May 2007 issue of the Police Chief provided a brief overview of attempts to address the problem of identity crime in the European Union (EU).1 More than a year later, progress remains slow. Althoug...
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In December 2006, the Palm Bay, Florida, Police Department (PBPD) and DNA Security, Inc. (DNA:SI LABS), collaborated to develop a local agency databank of forensic DNA evidence for use on most crimes....
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All of the efforts that police officers devote to reducing needless highway deaths and serious injuries resulting from traffic crashes and impaired driving bring them into contact with myriad citizens...
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Identity theft has become a story of numbers: millions of victims, billions of dollars lost. But to police officers, that story comes person by person. Each of those victims has a story to share; each...
