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December 2010

The 117th Annual IACP Conference featured education, networking, and an exposition providing the latest in law enforcement technology, equipment, and products. Among the business of the association conducted at the conference, the membership passed 22 resolutions.

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  • IACP Holds Global Summit on Terrorism

    By Paul E. Santiago, Director, International Policing Division, IACP
    Terrorism, a subject that has many facets, was recently the subject of an IACP global policing summit in Paris, France, September 21–22. The IACP held the event, titled Terrorism and the Prevention ...

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  • Medical Tactics for Law Enforcement: Development of the Rochester, Minnesota, Police Department Basic Tactical Casualty Care (BTCC) Course

    By Matthew D. Sztajnkrycer, MD, PhD, FACEP, Medical Director, Rochester, Minnesota, Police Department ; Roger L. Peterson, Chief of Police, Rochester, Minnesota, Police Department; and Sarah L. Clayton, JD, Administrative Services Manager, Rochester, Minnesota, Police Department
    “Good medicine can sometimes be bad tactics and bad tactics can get everyone killed.” As a consequence of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized in the movie...

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  • Perspective on Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)

    By Gary I. Wilson, Colonel (Retired), United States Marine Corps, Carlsbad, California
    Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) techniques are popular with law enforcement officials for uncovering deception during interrogations. As a result of this popularity, various communities are witnessi...

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  • Power Law Distribution and Solving the Crime Problem

    By Tim Hegarty, Captain and Patrol Division Commander, Riley County Police Department, Manhattan, Kansas
    The recession has forced law enforcement agencies to take a hard look at their operations to determine where they can cut expenses. As part of that examination, agencies are trying to decide how to us...

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  • Report of the 117th Annual IACP Conference

    The 117th Annual IACP Conference featured education, networking, and an exposition providing the latest in law enforcement technology, equipment, and products. Among the business of the association co...

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  • Team Adam: Providing Missing Child Search Support for Police Agencies

    By Robert G. Lowery Jr., Executive Director, Missing Children?s Division, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; former Assistant Chief of Police, Florissant, Missouri; and former Commander, Greater Saint Louis Major Case Squad Violent Crime/Homicide Task Force
    The search for six-year-old Zachary Bello was growing by the hour, with hundreds and hundreds of volunteers in Saint George, Utah, showing up to help police look for the little boy in the diaper and S...

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