Leadership
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Law enforcement agencies around the United States have been experiencing reduced operational funding as a result of the country’s current financial crisis while demands for service have remained con...
Legal
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Building a criminal case for trial often takes years and tedious investigation, but for the more than 300,000 federal cases being processed yearly there is a little known or understood security mandat...
IACP
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U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder have announced $2 billion in Recovery Act 2009 funding allocations for state and local law enforcement assistance available through th...
Investigations
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Law enforcement officials understand that service in their profession requires character and values and not simply technical proficiency. One of these values is honesty, which requires an officer to a...
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As a group, law enforcement officers are a noble and committed collection of public servants—and in some instances take their notions of “duty” beyond that required by law. Officers routinely ex...
Policy
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"Chief, for your signature, here’s our revised pursuit policy. In accordance with the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, it allows officers to use PIT, which is deadly force, against speeders.” Ho...
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Help from the LEITSC Technology Assistance Program always begins with a conference call or a visit to a police agency to conduct a needs assessment....
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High-speed driving and pursuits are dangerous, risky parts of police work. Emergency vehicle operation creates potential risks for vehicle and property damage as well as personal injury or death of of...
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