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May 2005

“They will be remembered—not for the way they died,but for how they lived.” Inset photographs 1 and 2 taken during the 111th Annual IACP Conference Hall of Heroes Memorial Service, Los Angeles, California.Photographs by David Hathcox. Inset photograph 3 taken during National Police Week 2004: an officer offers roses to fallen officers at the memorial in Washington, D.C. photograph © 2004 NLEOMF.

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  • 112th Annual IACP Conference - History of the Host Departments

    In 1913 John Collins and Carl Fisher embarked on an agriculture venture on a piece of oceanfront property and began building a bridge across the bay. The bridge, which at the time was the longest wood...

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  • 2005 SACOP Midyear Conference

    David Buchanan, assistant director of the COPS Office in the Department of Justice, addressed the SACOP membership during the business meeting of the midyear conference; in his remarks to the group he...

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  • CALEA Celebrates 25 Years

    The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary at the CALEA conference in Austin, Texas, December 1-4, 2004. Almost 1,200 attendees participa...

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  • Community Programs - Grounded: A Play to Teach Children Choices

    The play revolves around a young girl, Aimy Fairfax, and her very big dilemma. Aimy is the new kid in town whose new friends want her to experiment with cigarettes and alcohol. During the play, Aimy e...

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  • Community Programs - Homecoming High Jinks: House Rolling

    A long-standing high school tradition in many communities that accompanies homecoming week and the homecoming dance is late-night house rolling, which involves secretly covering someone’s house and ...

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  • Community Programs - Operation Fresh Start

    In May 1998, Philadelphia’s 25th Police District set up barricades to block all entrances to a drug-infested North Philadelphia neighborhood some called the Badlands. Officers staffed the barricades...

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