Law & Order back issues from October 2008:
Perception Is Reality
Oct 01, 2008; ... You already know the factual, objective reality of public safety issues in your city or county. But do you know the perception of your citizens? Their perception is the actual-if subjective-reality. The only way to find out the public's perception of crime and their sense of safety and ...
Pelican Products Named to Prestigious Inc. Magazine List
Oct 01, 2008; ... Torrance, CA-Pelican Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and protective cases, announced Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5,000 list has identified it as one of America's fastest-growing companies. The list, published annually, highlights U.S.-based, ...
FNH USA Receives Award From NRA for its Donations
Oct 01, 2008; ... McLean, VA-At the 2008 NRA National Meeting, FNH USA was presented an award for its support of the NRA National Police Shooting Championships. For the Championships and other NRA events, FNH USA donated guns valued in excess of $160,000 over the past year. FNH USA is the sales ...
Virginia Beach Chooses BlackHawk SERPA Holsters
Oct 01, 2008; ... Norfolk, VA-The Virginia Beach Police Department has decided to go to the SERPA holster system for the entire agency.The department will issue the Level 3 SERPA duty holster to all uniformed officers, the Level 2 concealment SERPA to detectives, and the Level 3 Tactical SERPA with the Xiphos(TM) ...
BOOK REVIEW: Winning with the News Media
Oct 01, 2008; ... "Winning with the News Media," the book by Clarence Jones, is quite properly subtitled, "A self-defense manual when you are the story." This book is for anyone who interacts with or may have to interact with the media. Let's face it, as law enforcement professionals, if you haven't been thrust ...
Officer Education, the Weapon Against Impaired Driving
Oct 01, 2008; ... A study conducted for the NHTSA examined impaired driving conviction rates in Travis County, TX over a three-year period. The highest conviction rate was only 80%, while the lowest was 62%. Using these numbers, 20% to 40% percent of drivers identified by police officers as impaired are not ...
Open and Closed Questioning
Oct 01, 2008; ... A police interview has a specific purpose ... to elicit information, i.e., evidence. This process is a basic pyramid approach, beginning with open questioning and ending with targeted questioning. An "open" statement begins, "Tell me everything ..." A "leading" question is, "Were you carrying a ...
What's New from SoundOff Signal?
Oct 01, 2008; ... SoundOff Signal has two new products for 2008. One is the final frontier for LEDs. The other is a unique lighting solution for unmarked vehicles. New from SoundOff is its GHOST line of Gen 3 LED emergency lights. The concept behind the GHOST lights is a full power LED warning signal when on and ...
Developing an Employer Brand (Part 2 of 4)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Identifying the Current or Default Brand As an employer, every department is known for something, whether it is great salaries or poor working conditions. Having a strong employer brand is critical for recruiting and retaining the best employees. The first step to developing a strong ...
Pride, Not Arrogance
Oct 01, 2008; ... Years of hard work and dedication have paid off. You are now a captain. You should be proud. However, pride is one thing. Arrogance is another. A Chinese proverb says, "Arrogance invites ruin; humility receives benefits." A leader is wise to remember this. As the big kahuna, it is pretty ...
Stretching Your Training Budget
Oct 01, 2008; ... Today's law enforcement administrators need to be budget alchemists, possessing the ability to stretch an already stretched dollar into two dollars. Post-9/11 budgets received expanded demands of anti-terrorism training, while training in many critical areas is diluted. The necessity of legal ...
Keys to Winning with Use of Force: A Four-Step Plan
Oct 01, 2008; ... Recent images of police officers using questionable force have rekindled the periodic fires of concern over police use of force and credibility. Clamor over these incidents encourages preliminary statements from agency heads that often initially and sincerely support the officers' behavior ....
San Diego Welcomes the 115th Annual IACP Conference
Oct 01, 2008; ... On Nov. 8-12, San Diego will host the 115th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference and Exposition. California's second largest city and one of the top 10 largest in the U.S., San Diego boasts a citywide population of nearly 1.3 million residents. The San ...
Special Report: GRANT WRITING 2009
Oct 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes text missing in the original.) Your Guide to Grants Grants can come to you. Of course, you will have to do your homework and put in time, but you can land a grant if your project matches your grantor's priorities. That is the encouraging word from John ...
FoundationSearch for Grant Funding
Oct 01, 2008; ... When searching for grants, you will likely focus on www.Grants.gov or one of the many government grant resources. But there is a rich resource available in private foundation grants as a source for the funding you need for a project. And most such grants are far less tedious in their application ...
Abandoned Homes and 'Broken Windows'
Oct 01, 2008; ... The sour economy and the collapse of risky mortgages have presented law enforcement with a new and potentially dangerous enemy: vacant homes. Not so long ago, foreclosed and abandoned homes were rare. In any given neighborhood, if a house was unoccupied, it usually meant the owners were out of ...
Police Performance Under Stress
Oct 01, 2008; ... Since lower stress levels potentially equate to greater chances of winning critical encounters, police trainers strive to facilitate the achievement of "optimal performance" for their officers through various techniques. These include skill proficiency, biofeedback (heart rate and breathing), ...
Management of Missing Persons Cases
Oct 01, 2008; ... The 21st century's competi24-hour news services e brought forth the probity that whether in a or urban area of the nation or in the smallest rural comer, police agencies responsible for those jurisdictions could very well find themselves in the national spotlight regarding missing person cases ....
2009 Ford Fleet Preview and Police Advisory Board
Oct 01, 2008; ... Mark Fields, Ford's executive vice president and president of the Americas, opened the 2009 Ford Fleet Preview by introducing the Euro-based Transit Connect, a small and fuel-efficient delivery and passenger van. Fields said the fleet business is important to Ford, amounting to 30% of the U.S ....
Ballistic Shields Tactics
Oct 01, 2008; ... Panthers are hunters; they strike quickly. Strategos International's staff looked at ballistic shield tactics-also called "bunker" shield tactics-and decided that many tactical teams move too slowly, especially when clearing a large area. Movement with the shields needed to be speeded up, like a ...
CBP Border Patrol, Yuma
Oct 01, 2008; ... U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border patrol agents serving the Yuma sector in Arizona are constantly busy. This sector on the north side of the MexicanU.S. border covers numerous badlands and crossing points. It is a border area favored by smugglers of drugs, human beings, and stolen ...
Fantasy Drawings Investigative Analysis
Oct 01, 2008; ... All human sexual activities are initiated through fantasies, which are mental images usually involving some fulfilled or unfulfilled desire. Fantasy plays a major role in everyone's sexual behavior. It is the driving factor for sexual expression. Sexual fantasies normally consist of imaginations ...
Peer Leadership Group for Employee-Management Communications
Oct 01, 2008; ... One of the struggles today's police administrators often face is communicating effectively with employees. This is especially true for how to get employees to "buy" into the organization or to become a "stakeholder" by taking ownership within the agency. How does an administrator get an employee ...
The 'CSI' Influence on Video Surveillance
Oct 01, 2008; ... The popularity of the "CSI" series of television shows is creating havoc for surveillance directors. When security directors see "CSI" actors instantly retrieve year-old video evidence, zoom in on far-away objects and see video from many different angles, they question why they can't have the ...
Calendar of Events
Oct 01, 2008; ... Nov. 4-6, 2008 Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo, Las Vegas, NV. For more information, visit www.aapexshow.com. Nov. 8-12. 2008 115th IACP Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. For more information, visit www.theiacp.org. Jan. 15-10, 2009 SHOT Show, ...