September 2006

The Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) puts a wealth of information at the fingertips of police officers in the street to solve crimes and apprehend criminals. This center, developed by the New York City Police Department, provides a staggering scope of information. In 2006, the RTCC technology was searching through 120 million criminal complaints, arrests, and 911 call records, five million files by New York state and more than 31 million records nation-wide to find the information officers needed in the street. Photograph by the New York City Police Department.

Articles

• Collecting, Preserving and Displaying IACP’S History: September 2006

  By Chief Michael J. Carroll, West Goshen Township Police Department, West Chester, Pennsylvania, IACP Fourth Vice President, Chief Scott Finlayson, Springville Police Department, Springville, Utah, IACP Executive Committee, and Chief (Ret.) David G. Walchak, New Braunfels, Texas, Chair, IACP Past Presidents Committee
  At the direction of the IACP Executive Committee, the association is launching an effort this year aimed at capturing the association's history and bringing it before various law enforcement and publi...

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• IACP Diversity Coordinating Panel

  By Deborah J. Campbell, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Police, Albany, New York; Rafael P. Hernandez, Jr., Deputy Chief of Police, Tallahassee, Florida, and Co-Chairs IACP Diversity Coordinating Panel
  The pivotal role that workplace diversity can play in promoting effective and representative law enforcement was captured by Chief Viverette in the President's Message that appeared in the December 20...

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• Stopping Crime in Real Time

  By Joseph D'Amico, Deputy Chief, Commanding Officer of the Real Time Crime Center, New York City Police Department, New York
  The ability to fight crime in real time — that is the vision of New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Beginning his second term as police commissioner in 2002, Kelly kne...

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• 4 Questions for Return on Investment

  By Scott Brown, School Director, General Instructor Training, North Carolina Justice Academy, Salemburg, North Carolina
  At the time officers are away from their duties and the actual cost of the training program means that the chiefs and the department managers have to make tough choices about what training their offic...

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• Port Orange Police Department: Sexual Offender Accountability Program

  By Gerald M. Monahan, Jr., Chief of Police, and Timothy V. Girard, Commander, Criminal Investigation Division, Port Orange Police Department, Florida
  Providing a safe and secure environment for the most vulnerable citizens has always challenged police departments. The limited resources at most law enforcement agencies' disposal require chiefs to ma...

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• The CompStat Process

  By Daniel DeLorenzi, Deputy Chief of Police (Retired), Newark, New Jersey; Jon M. Shane, Research and Law Enforcement Management Consultant, Newark, New Jersey; and Karen L. Amendola, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Division of Research, Evaluation, and Professional Services, Police Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  CompStat is a "strategic control system" designed for the collection and feedback of information on crime and related quality of life issues.1 The CompStat process can be s...

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• Long Beach, California

  By Chief Anthony W. Batts and Sergeant Susanne Steiner, Long Beach Police Department, California, and Data Collection and Analysis by Lieutenant John Lembi, Long Beach Police Department, California
  In early 2002, officers from the Long Beach Police Department's (LBPD) south patrol division were dispatched to a busy downtown area street regarding a woman armed with a knife. During this confrontat...

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• Policewomen

  By Peter Horne, PhD, Professor, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey
  Ever since the founding of police departments in the United States in the mid-19th century, policing has been viewed by most people as a traditionally male occupation. Men still are the overwhelming m...

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• Excessive Speed Causing Upward Trend in Traffic Fatalities

  By Earl M. Sweeney, Assistant Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Safety, Concord, New Hampshire, and Chair, IACP Highway Safety Committee
  After years of steady decline, the number of traffic-related deaths is increasing. Very soon, the number of traffic-related deaths will reach and exceed the past high numbers, if nothing happens to in...

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