June 2009

Applied Police Technologies

Guest Editor: Heather Ruzbasan Cotter

Recent breakthroughs in digital technology have resulted in important advancements in such law enforcement tasks as license plate recognition, fingerprint identification, and electronic citation. Many new technologies are becoming standard in law enforcement agencies across the United States. Today’s agencies need not only to be cognizant of developing technology but also to have a working knowledge of what this technology can do for them. Photos by (left to right) Heather Whitton, Cincinnati Police Department; Mark Minishian, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; and Robert Severi.

Articles

• Maryland’s Pursuit of the Paperless Patrol Car: Using Mobile Technology to Foster Interagency Collaboration and Improve Officer Safety

  By By Sergeant Julio Valcarcel, Maryland State Police, Baltimore, Maryland

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• GIS Technology in Eugene: Piecing Data Together to Secure the Olympic Team Trials

  By By Dave Cook, ESRI Law Enforcement Industry Solutions, Redlands, California; and Stan Lenhart, Crime Analyst, Eugene, Oregon, Police Department

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• Who Goes There? Mobile Fingerprint Readers in Los Angeles County

  By By Lieutenant Leo M. Norton, Records and Identification Bureau, Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff?s Department

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• Cincinnati Regional Automatic License Plate Recognition Technology Project

  By By Captain Russell A. Neville, Information Technology Management Section Commander, Cincinnati, Ohio, Police Department

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• Partnerships with University-Based Researchers

  By Beth A. Sanders, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky; and Marc L. Fields, Chief of Police, Erlanger, Kentucky
  Partnerships between law enforcement leaders and academic researchers have resulted in remarkable successes over the last 30 years. Policing practices in vital areas of criminal justice have been infl...

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• The Media, the Public, and the Law Enforcement Community: Correcting Misperceptions

  By By Colonel Michael Tooley, Chief, Montana Highway Patrol, Helena, Montana; Jeffrey Linkenbach, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, and Director, National MOST of Us Institute for Social Norms, Bozeman, Montana; Brian J. Lande, Deputy Sheriff, Lake County, California, Sheriff?s Department; and Gary M. Lande, Associate Director, National MOST of Us Institute for Social Norms, Bozeman, Montana

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• Step Up to Law Enforcement: A Successful Strategy for Recruiting Women into the Law Enforcement Profession

  By  Lianne M. Tuomey, Chief, University of Vermont Police Services, Burlington, Vermont, and Lieutenant (Retired), Burlington, Vermont, Police Department Rachel Jolly, Women's Program Coordinator, Vermont Works for Women, Winsooki, Vermont
  Many police agencies have begun to target women and/or minorities specifically in their recruitment efforts. In spite of these heightened recruitment efforts, the wide range of job openings, and compe...

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• Leadership during Difficult Budget Times

  By By John L. Gray, Chief of Police (Retired), Arlington, Washington

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