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Despite improvements in tactics and equipment, as well a number of safety initiatives and programs, 2011 was a deadly year for law enforcement officers. According to the National Law Enforcement Memor...
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This month, Rockford, Michigan, will celebrate its one-year anniversary of officially consolidating its police and fire departments. This small city of 5,775 residents currently has its entire departm...
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Fatal shootings of police officers reached a 20-year high in the middle of 2011.1 Police chiefs must commit to identify and eliminate the sources by which violent offenders obtain firearms used to tar...
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Law enforcement officers (LEOs) face a high risk of on-the-job injury and death. In 2010, the LEO fatal work injury rate was 18.1 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, compared to 3.6 across all i...
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Historically, there has been considerable debate about the causes of wrongful convictions, in part because there was not full agreement about whether the defendants were truly innocent. To learn from ...
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In June 13, IACP President Walter McNeil welcomed Laurie O. Robinson, former assistant attorney general of the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, from 2009 to 2012, and now profe...
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Street gang violence is a concern for many inner cities. The National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) reported the existence of an estimated 33,000 gangs and 1.4 million gang members in the United Sta...
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This truth is undeniable: The world is getting smaller—and more complicated. The high-speed, technological age in which we live has blurred boundaries and has brought into proximity personalities an...
