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From the late 1960s through the early 1970s, the federal government offered a three-month early release from the armed forces to any GI who joined a police department. I was ...

From Alaska to the East Coast, law enforcement agencies are using crime mapping to communicate with their communities and focus their resources and investigations. The benefits of this technological tool ...

On Friday, May 11, at 1000 hrs, the Washoe County (Nev.) Sheriff’s Department was notified of a collision between a U-Haul truck and a van in a residential area. This ...

Criminal investigation requires extensive knowledge of the evidentiary value of the physical evidence associated with firearms. In the vast majority of homicide cases, the victim is killed with a gun. ...

When breath-testing instruments were introduced in the 1950s, they were a groundbreaking new technology. Fifty years later, current and emerging technologies remain the key to reducing drunk driving. Although drunk-driving ...

The Champlain (Vt.) College Center for Digital Investigation received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice s Bureau of Justice Assistance, enabling two faculty members to work with ...

Individual officers & management commonly throw these questions out when asked about how their agency's records are stored & used. A records management system (RMS) is basically a data-storage system ...

In recent years, police officers use of night vision technology has increased, and night vision devices (NVDs) are now common in many patrol operations. With the information highway spewing the ...

Statistics indicate roughly 70 percent of suspects resist arrest after the first handcuff is applied. Indeed, one of my old training officers bears the scars on his cheek from the ...

Whether affixed to a primary sidearm, shoulder-fired .223 entry weapon, 12-gauge shotgun, 40mm launcher or PepperBall gun, white light sources mounted on a variety of weapons are becoming mandatory items ...