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Law enforcement data sharing is a powerful tool to protect lives, enhance safety, and solve crimes. It’s a lesson learned from the 9/11 attacks: sharing information among law enforcement agencies is...
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Events of recent years have brought attention to the issue of law enforcement use of force in the United States, especially in cases that result in a fatality. Law enforcement, commentators, politicia...
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Technology has given police departments the opportunity to use the same advanced technology that is helping to create Smart Cities -- adding new levels of connectivity that allow every level of govern...
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Tremendous changes within the field of law enforcement have taken place over the last several years. When the U.S. Department of Justice released the Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21...
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Much has happened at the N-DEx Program Office since the 2013 Police Chief article featuring the N‑DEx system.1 As the United States’ premier no-cost criminal justice information sharing system, N-...
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The rookie officer had only recently downloaded the department-provided Rapid Assistance for People in Distress (RAPID) app on his smartphone, and his training officer asked him to open the app and le...
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3D printing has the potential to transform the world by simplifying manufacturing, shortening supply and distribution chains, democratizing production, creating and repatriating jobs, and customizing ...
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For police chiefs considering the addition of a social media manager position or wondering about the actual value of an agency social media program in the first place, new police-specific research she...