November 2005

Law enforcement executives everywhere have an interest in securing seaports against crime and terrorism, and the job is a big one. In 2004 alone, more than 9 million shipping containers arrived in U.S. seaports, each one holding as much as 32 tons of cargo that quickly reached every jurisdiction in the country by rail or truck.

Articles

• The Culture of Safety: No One Gets Hurt Today

  By Mark Whitman, Commissioner, York Police Department, York, Pennsylvania, and General Chair, IACP Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and Christopher A. Smith, Manager of Consulting Services, DuPont Safety Resources, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware
  Today, safety in the work place is a top priority all around the world. Yet employees of companies, governments, municipal agencies, and other organizations are unnecessarily injured while at work eve...

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• What Chiefs Need to Know About Port Security

  By Betty P. Kelepecz, Chief of Police (Retired), San Diego Harbor Police Department, and Senior Vice President, Integrated Law Enforcement and Maritime Security Solutions, Crossflo Systems Inc.
  Port security used to be a topic of little interest to any agency not involved with or adjacent to a port. Specialized port policing agencies throughout the country traditionally had little contact or...

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• Vehicle Theft Investigation Is About Looking Beyond the Traffic Stop

  By Paul D. McClellan, Colonel and Superintendent, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Columbus, Ohio, and Chair, IACP Vehicle Theft Committee
  Vehicle theft in the United States is a serious problem. It is important to note that vehicle theft is the second most profitable crime in the United States, surpassed only by trafficking in illegal n...

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• Inside the New ATF

  By Andrew L. Lluberes, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Public Affairs, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Washington, D.C.
  When the federal government underwent its homeland security reorganization after the passage and signing of the Homeland Security Act in November 2002, one of the seamless changes for state and local ...

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• Making Streets Safer through Mobile Wireless Technologies

  By Jack Reece, Information Systems Specialists, Leawood Police Department, Leawood, Kansas, and Andy Lausch, Director of State and Local Sales, CDW Government Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois
  Wireless-enabled mobile devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptops have become common in Americans' everyday lives, allowing them to roam freely while accessing information and app...

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