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In these changing times, the challenges of attracting qualified applicants to forsake the gains of other careers to join the law enforcement community continue to grow. Agencies that in the ...

Law enforcement deals with challenges every day, and in the past 50 years, we’ve certainly faced a lot—soaring crime rates, increased public scrutiny, budget crises, the plague of drugs, the ...

Dear Bullethead: I work for a great city and a great department, and I love my job. I feel a little strange sending a letter like this, but I don't ...

Few spots on earth can rival the Hawaiian island of Kauai for sheer tropical beauty, and at first, the idea of policing this paradise may seem a little strange. But ...

There's no higher-priority call than "officer needs assistance." It may be called something different depending on the region of the country, but we all know what it means: One of ...

Nestled in the very center of the Southwest lies Albuquerque, N.M., a city of contrasts with many cultures, old-world tradition and new-city tech. With nearly 500,000 people, Albuquerque is the ...

This column first appeared on PoliceOne.com. In the November/December 2005 issue (p. 32), Part 1 of this series discussed three creative and amazingly effective ploys developed by Pat McCarthy, a ...

Miami-Dade County, Fla., is one of the most popular areas in the world for vacations and retirement. Policing such an area, however, can pose a real challenge. Covering an area ...

As the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, nagging questions remain in the minds of some law-enforcement professionals: