October 2008

San Diego, California—“America’s Finest City”—is the site for the 115th Annual IACP Conference, November 8–12, 2008. Already a natural beauty, San Diego is quickly becoming one of the United States’ most exciting and sought-after destinations. Photos courtesy of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation.

Articles

• To Protect and Defend

  The events of September 11, 2001, fundamentally altered the traditional role of the law enforcement profession and have ushered in a new era of policing in the United States. In the aftermath of these...

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• 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidates Respond to the IACP’s Questions on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

  In an effort to bolster the discussions on crime and homeland security issues in this U.S. presidential election year, the IACP submitted a series of questions to both major-party candidates for presi...

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• IACP Seventh South American Executive Policing Conference: Curitiba, Brazil

  By By Michael W. Robinson, U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service Fellow to the IACP

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• Bridging the Federal-Local Divide on Counterterrorism Efforts: Arlington County, Virginia

  By By Leonard C. Boyle, Director, U.S. Terrorist Screening Center, Washington, D.C.; and M. Douglas Scott, Chief of Police, Arlington County, Virginia

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• Understanding: IP Voice Connectivity Alternatives

  By By Stuart Overby, Senior Director, Global Spectrum Strategy, Motorola, Inc.; and Member of the IACP Communications and Technology Committee; and Cynthia Wenzel Cole, Director of Standards and Strategy, Business Operations in System Infrastructure Operations Group, Motorola, Inc.

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• NLECTC–Communications Technologies Center of Excellence: Serving Law Enforcement Today, Planning for Tomorrow

  By By Rick Mulvihill, Director, NLECTC?Communications Technologies Center of Excellence, Camden, New Jersey

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• Eyewitness Identification: What Chiefs Need to Know Now

  By By Sheri H. Mecklenburg, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Mark R. Larson, Chief Deputy, Criminal Division, King County Prosecuting Attorney?s Office, Seattle, Washington; and Patricia J. Bailey, Assistant District Attorney, Chief of the Special Litigation Bureau, New York County District Attorney?s Office (Manhattan), New York, New York

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• Vests Save Lives: A Reminder of the Importance of Wearing Soft Body Armor

  By By Sergeant Adrienne Quigley, Arlington County, Virginia, Police Department; and IACP Fellow

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• Applying Rational Evidence-Based Principles to Medical Assessment of Law Enforcement Officers

  By By Kris Arnold, Chief Medical Officer, ArLac Global Health Services; Medical Director, Boston, Massachusetts, Police Department; and Vice Chair, Police Physicians Section, IACP

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• Police Psychology in the 21st Century

  By By David M. Corey, Police and Forensic Psychologist, Portland, Oregon; and Audrey L. Honig, Chief Psychologist, Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff?s Department; and Chair, Police Psychological Services Section, IACP

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• Vet Cops: What Activation and Reintegration Mean for Serving Officers and Their Agencies

  By By James D. Fox, Chief of Police, Newport News, Virginia; and Audrey L. Honig, Chief Psychologist, Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff?s Department; and Chair, Police Psychological Services Section, IACP

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• Securing the Cities: Agencies Working Together to Detect Dangerous Radiological Materials

  By By Deputy Inspector Stuart Cameron, Commanding Officer, Special Patrol Bureau, Suffolk County Police Department, Ronkonkoma, New York

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• Advanced Training for Homeland Security Leaders: The Center for Homeland Defense and Security

  By By Grace Castro, Public Affairs Specialist, Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Monterey, California

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• Using 9-1-1 Calls for Service to Identify Potential Instances of Terrorist Surveillance

  By John S. Hollywood, Operations Researcher; Kevin J. Strom, Senior Scientist; and Mark Pope, Research Analyst, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there have been repeated calls to find better ways to “connect the dots” by identifying and assembling small bits of information that collectivel...

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• Computer Simulation for Incident Command Exercises

  By By Dennis McGrath, Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Michael R. McCarthy, Chief of Police (Retired), Swanton Village, Vermont

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• Lessons Learned: Advice for New Chiefs

  By By Jimy Perdue, Chief of Police, North Richland Hills, Texas

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• Multijurisdictional Repositories: A Possible Solution for Nonconsent Towing Problems

  By Ron Smith, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Compiled Logic, Houston, Texas

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