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November 2009

Michael J. Carroll, chief of police, West Goshen Township Police Department, West Chester, Pennsylvania, was sworn in as IACP president during the 116th Annual IACP Conference in Denver, Colorado, October 7, 2009.

Articles

  • Adult Learning

    Instigating change can be difficult, particularly in fields such as policing that are steeped in tradition and that possess a strong culture. Education is the key to the change process, and adult lear...

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  • Convenience vs. Security: Federal Court Cases in Jeopardy

    Building a criminal case for trial often takes years and tedious investigation, but for the more than 300,000 federal cases being processed yearly there is a little known or understood security mandat...

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  • Designing the Annual Training Curriculum: A Team Effort

    Collaboration is the key to planning successful, effective annual training. Effective collaborators include risk managers, prosecutors, community members, advocacy groups, and officers themselves. Acc...

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  • NLEARN: The Nation's First Police Academy Network

    America’s law enforcement training academies have been steadily expanding their use of a secure national network. NLEARN—short for National Law Enforcement Academy Resource Network—seeks to shar...

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  • Partnering for Progress: Maine law Enforcement Online Training Initiative

    During the past five years, the Maine Chiefs of Police Association (MCOPA) has led an effort to implement an online component within Maine’s overall public safety training delivery system. Using fun...

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  • Predictive Policing: What Can We Learn from Wal-Mart and Amazon about Fighting Crime in a Recession?

    In the current economic climate, police departments are being asked to do more with less. In some localities, significant budget reductions are requiring police managers and command staff to consider ...

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  • Regional Cooperation, Planning, and Operational Integration: Preparing for a Mumbai-Style Attack

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  • Training Rural Responders: The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium

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