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The number of deaths occurring on U.S. highways is staggering—each year roughly 33,000 people in the United States die in traffic crashes. Although, this number is down from 43,510 just a decade ago...
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The city of Shawnee, Kansas, is a suburban community on the western edge of the Kansas City Metropolitan area. The Shawnee Police Department (SPD) employs 85 sworn officers and 22 civilians and serves...
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Washington has the dubious distinction of being one of the first states in the United States to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. Even though state-level data have shown that marijuana use i...
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Vehicle theft has come a long way from the days of teenagers stealing vehicles simply for the cheap thrill. Those thieves saw no value in the vehicle itself; they valued the few minutes of fun. Today,...
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If an agency member conducting a traffic collision investigation was forced to jump over a guardrail, upon a median wall, or onto a sidewalk to avoid being struck by an oncoming vehicle, would the chi...
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Each year, hundreds of highway responders—law enforcement, fire, rescue, emergency medical services (EMS), tow or recovery, and others—are seriously injured or killed while working in or near movi...
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It might be difficult to believe, but the most challenging obstacle to reducing crime is changing the culture of law enforcement. Removing “That’s the way we always did it,” from the department ...
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While the average person likely thinks of texting or talking on a cellphone when the phrase “distracted driving” is mentioned, there are many different types of distractions that may negatively im...
