Recent advantages in technology have the potential to greatly increase the safety of LEOs in the field. However, some highly promising technology is so controversial that its use may be limited. One such example is that of the personal radar …
Fallback from the tumultuous presidential election continues to come from sources around the country. Police and sheriff’s departments in San Diego are speaking out against President-elect Donald Trump’s aggressive stance on the deportation of illegal immigrants. Representatives Chief Shelly Zimmerman …
Law enforcement officer deaths continue to be on the rise with 104 lost lives to date in 2016. In 2015 a total of 123 officers were killed. Lt. Steve James of the Long Beach, California police department understands the stress …
Protests against law enforcement are at an all-time high and officials from Northeast Ohio’s police departments say they are hoping to change that. Lt. Mitch Houser of the Euclid Police Department’s Community Policing Unit believes that public perception is everything. …
A criminal justice review panel at Kansas’ Wichita State University recently sent out a recommendation to ease fitness requirements for law enforcement recruits. The recommendation comes as local agencies consider fitness changes in hopes of increasing the number of potential …
On the morning of July, 8, the nation awoke to the horrific details of the mass killings of Dallas, Texas police officers. As the first rays of morning light shone through, five police officers lay dead and 11 others injured. …
On December 3, 1957, on the streets of Sycamore, Illinois, Maria Ridulph disappeared with a man who only referred to himself as Johnny. Her body was found in the nearby woods four and a half months later. The leads into …
Law enforcement agencies have embraced recent advances in data mining and predictive modeling. One such example is Intrado’s software program Beware that enables the police to perform threat assessments on a household when officers are called to the scene. This …
It has happened before, citizens refusing to recognize the legitimacy of government claims to land, taking over a federal building, and starting antigovernment protests. When law enforcement agencies intervene, typically bolstered by federal agencies, these situations can often erupt into …
