June 2006

 

This issue of the Police Chief addresses two important police technology topics: information sharing and geographical information systems (GIS).

Guest Editors: Heather Ruzbasan, Project Manager, Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council, IACP, Alexandria, Virginia, and Mark A. Marshall, Chief of Police, Smithfield, Virginia

Articles

• Colorado Sheriffs Develop DNA Training

  By George Epp, Sheriff (Retired), Boulder County, Colorado, and Executive Director, County Sheriffs of Colorado, Littleton, Colorado, and Brian Webster, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Knowledge Factor Inc., Denver, Colorado
  Late last year, a brutal Colorado murder case was solved when DNA evidence from the crime scene was found to match an inmate in an Arizona prison. The crime had occurred 27 years earlier; a young girl...

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• Coming to Terms with Geographical Information Systems

  By John Markovic, Program Manager, OJJDP GIS Initiative, IACP, Alexandria, VA; James Bueermann, Chief of Police, Redlands, CA; and Kurt Smith, Community Analysis and Technology Director, Redlands, CA, Police Department

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• Geographic Policing Initiative in Roanoke

  By Aisha Johnson, Education Information Specialist, and Greg Staples, Lieutenant, Roanoke Police Department, Virginia

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