Recently added articles from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin:
Field Training Programs: Understanding Adult Learning Styles
Feb 01, 2009; ... Many people think learning is simply learning. However, differences exist between an adult's learning style and a child's. Although adult learners are more mature and focused than their younger counterparts, instructors must have certain skills to maintain adult-learner motivation in the ...
An Innovative Partnership of Law Enforcement and Higher Education
Feb 01, 2009; ... Today, criminal justice administration requires an unprecedented level of sophistication. Accordingly, law enforcement agencies throughout the nation encourage their personnel to pursue professional degree programs. To this end, the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff's Department teams with ...
Increasing Officer Retention Through Educational Incentives
Feb 01, 2009; ... In recent years, many law enforcement agencies have faced increased of- ficer turnover and, at the same time, find it harder to recruit qualified applicants.1 One study determined that 33 percent of employees have considered leaving their current employer. Many felt trapped and planned on ...
Scissors
Feb 01, 2009; ... These pictures depict scissors that have a plastic sheath covering metal blades. The scissors' handles are composed ...
Delivering Training Material in a Practical Way
Feb 01, 2009; ... Estimates show that the amount of information in the world doubles every 7 years.1 Certainly, such a figure causes a domino effect on training delivered to members of the law enforcement community and, just as important, how that instruction is conveyed. To accomplish effective training, ...
The Community Immersion Program Building Relationships
Feb 01, 2009; ... Austin, the state capital of Texas, straddles the Colorado River and boasts many thriving businesses and educational institutions. However, the city views its dynamic, multifaceted population as its greatest resource. The Austin Police Department (APD) shares the city's appreciation of ...
Bulletin Honors
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Dallas, Texas, Police Department Memorial was dedicated on April 11, 2001. It commemorates the officers who have died in the line of duty while serving the Dallas community. The canopy section of the memorial has the officers' badge numbers cut through it. As the sun shines through those ...
The Bulletin Notes
Feb 01, 2009; ... Law enforcement officers are challenged daily in the performance of their duties; they face each challenge freely and unselfishly while answering the call to duty. In certain instances, their actions warrant special attention from their respective departments. The Bulletin also wants to ...
Searching Cell Phones Seized Incident to Arrest
Feb 01, 2009; ... The January 1997 issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin contained the article "Searching Pagers Incident to Arrest." The use of pagers now is on the decline, but cell phones seemingly are everywhere. It is the rare arrestee today who is not found in possession of a cell phone. This article ...
Spirituality: An Invisible Weapon for Wounded Warriors
Jan 01, 2009; ... According to Sir Robert Peel, England's pioneer of modern policing, "The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and dis- order, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it." If evidence of their actions should not be visible, does it follow that the wounds all law ...
Wounded Warriors and the Virginia Tech Tragedy: A Police Chaplain's View
Jan 01, 2009; ... April 16, 2007, was already a strange day in Blacksburg, Virginia. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blacksburg is accustomed to unusual weather patterns. However, 35 degrees, snow flurries, and wind gusts of 60 miles per hour are quite odd for spring, even in a town where the joke is, "If ...
In Harm's Way: Duty of Care for Child Exploitation and Pornography Investigators
Jan 01, 2009; ... Since the 1990s, law enforcement agencies have witnessed rampant growth in the computerfacilitated possession, production, and distribution of child pornography due in large part to technological advances mat have eased me exchange of large caches of this material. These changes, together with ...
The Bulletin Notes
Jan 01, 2009; ... Law enforcement officers are challenged daily in the performance of their duties; they face each challenge freely and unselfishly while answering the call to duty. In certain instances, their actions warrant special attention from their respective departments. The Bulletin also wants to ...
In Memory of Those Who Have Fallen
Jan 01, 2009; ... In the center of the ancient town of Edinburgh, Scotland, a huge outpost of volcanic rock juts from the earth like a ship freed from the depths. A 1,000-year-old castle sits on that rock. For centuries, it has been the symbol of who the people were and, now, are. As you climb up the long mile to ...
Patch Call
Jan 01, 2009; ... The city of Craig, Colorado, is known for its abundant mining, agriculture, and recreation. The patch of its police department features depictions of the activities and beauty of the surrounding area. The patch of the ...
Survivors' Weekend: Supporting Those Left Behind
Dec 01, 2008; ... A state trooper is killed when his motorcycle spins out of control during a high-speed chase. An officer is fatally shot while attempting to foil a robbery. A deputy dies of a stab wound during a tense encounter as he investigates a heated family dispute. These are examples of ...
Using Technology to Help Solve Crimes
Dec 01, 2008; ... The techniques of developing evidence from the records of cellular phones, using mapping programs that plot information in a logical format, and mining data from a variety of sources can prove instrumental in solving difficult and complex cases. Although law enforcement organizations throughout ...
Identity Theft
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) special report Identity Theft, 2005 contains data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) on identity theft victimization and its consequences. This document presents the first full year of data available after new questions about identity theft ...
SANE Programs
Dec 01, 2008; ... With Office for Victims of Crime funding, the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services (FRIS) developed Implementing SANE Programs in Rural Communities: The West Virginia Regional Mobile SANE Project to offer a blueprint for replication so that other communities can establish a ...
Law Enforcement Training: Factors in the Spanish-Speaking Community
Dec 01, 2008; ... Spanish-speaking Americans constitute the fastest growing minor- ity in the United States. The federal government estimates that the number of Spanish speakers will increase to over 102 million by the year 2050.' In addition, they no longer live predominantly in border states but in every area ...