Crawford Coates, 2009 Jun 1, Law Officer Magazine Volume 5 Issue 6

On a sunny morning, just across the bay from downtown San Diego, 39 law enforcement officers gathered to share their stories. All had one important thing in common: They represented a department with less...

Crawford Coates, 2009 Aug 1, Law Officer Magazine Volume 5 Issue 8

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently implemented a new protocol for officers who must fly armed. As of July 15, a secure unique identifier verifies an officer’s identity at a TSA screening...

Crawford Coates, 2009 Sept 1, Law Officer Magazine Volume 5 Issue 9

The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS), a San Diego-based information-sharing warehouse supporting 75 law enforcement agencies, will release an additional 350 handheld computers to Southern...

Crawford Coates, 2009 Oct 7

The IACP’s 116th conference featured hundreds of vendors, thousands of attendees, dozens of classes and myriad networking opportunities. As the conference closed, attendees departed with a lot of valuable...

Crawford Coates , 2009 Nov 6

I just got off the phone with Jeff Chudwin, Law Officer columnist and chief of police for the Village of Olympia Fields, Ill. I was asking the impossible: "Chief, give me something relevant, a hook, so...