April 2004

SPECIAL FOCUS: Communications

Guest Editors: Jennifer Hicks, Project Manager, Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council, International Association of Chiefs of Police; G. Matthew Snyder, Administrator, IACP Technology Center; and Harlin R. McEwen, Chair, IACP Communications and Technology Committee, Chief of Police (Retired), Ithaca, New York

The 2004 Police Buyers’ Guide in this issue of the Police Chief is your best source for information about law enforcement products and services all year long.

Photo courtesy Alexandria, Virginia, Police Department.

Articles

• 2004 SACOP Midyear Conference: Representing the States' Views

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• A Police-University Collaboration to Improve Community Policing

  By Colonel Dean Esserman, Chief of Police, Providence, RI and Anthony M. Pesare, Dean, Roger Williams University, School of Justice Studies, Providence, RI
  Making effective use of the talents and resources outside the police department can help extend severely strained police resources. Police in Providence, Rhode Island, are collaborating with a local u...

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• Branding Your Agency: Creating the Police Department's Image

  By Gary J. Margolis, Ed.D., Chief of Police, University of Vermont, with Noel C. March, Chief of Police, University of Maine

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• CriMNet: Minnesota Catches Up with Criminals

  By Rich Stanek, Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety and Director of Homeland Security
  Law enforcement professionals are making a dent in crime through hard work and perseverance. But resources are becoming increasingly scarce and new responsibilities are continually being piled on the ...

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• Forensic Investigation: It's Not Just for Big Cities

  By Ralph A. Barfield, Detective Sergeant and Supervisor, Forensic Unit, Investigations Division, Charlottesville, Virginia, Police Department
  Many police executives operate under the misguided impression that because their agencies are smaller they lack the operational capacity to fully appreciate the benefits of DNA evidence recovery and f...

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• Law Enforcement Must Take Lead on Hate Crimes

  By Karen L. Bune, Adjunct Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

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• Recruiting Women

  By By Robin Jones, Inspector, Ontario Provincial Police, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  By 2003 the number of people applying for a position with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had dropped by 75 percent in five years. During the period 1993–1997, the OPP received 20,000 applicatio...

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• Special Focus: Communications

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• Special Focus: Capital Wireless Integrated Network: Expanding the Reach of Interoperable Data Communication

  By George Ake, Program Director, Capital Wireless Integrated Network, College Park, Maryland, and David J. Mulholland, CapWIN Technical Consultant, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, Virginia
  In their day-to-day duties, law enforcement officers interact with a wide variety of partners. The typical duties of the law enforcement officer as a first responder require instant communication with...

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• Special Focus: The Alexandria Police Department Tactical Computer System

  By Charles E. Samarra, Chief of Police, and James Craige, Sergeant, Tactical Computer Section, Alexandria, Virginia, Police Department
  With its 135,000 residents and variety of residential and commercial spaces, Alexandria, Virginia, is one of the most densely populated cities in the United States. The Alexandria Police Department em...

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• Special Focus: The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council

  By John S. Powell, Sergeant (Retired), University of California Police Department, Berkeley, California, and Marilyn B. Ward, Manager, Orange County Public Safety Communications Division, and Chair, National Public Safety Telecommunications Council

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• Special Focus: Wireless Public SAFEty Interoperable COMmunications: Safecom

  By Harlin R. McEwen, Chief of Police (Retired), Ithaca, New York, and Chair, IACP Communications and Technology Committee

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