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The kerfuffle at Harvard quickly became a political lightning rod when President Obama weighed in; racial profiling requires much more than a cop simply responding to a call where the suspect happens to be a minority.

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Expert Opinion

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Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Keeping Track

Budgetary constraints provide further reason to reexamine your data tracking & storage protocols.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Calm Before the Storm

Court finds that armed, barricaded subjects who retreat into a building constitute a “continuing, fluid” event and therefore don’t require a warrant for arrest.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009

Caught in the Web

Although the murder weapon was never recovered and his DNA was never tied directly to the scene, the overwhelming amount of digital evidence he unwittingly left behind provided the prosecution a strong case.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009

Speak Easy

The first generation of law-enforcement-ready language translators show promise, and may point to the way ahead.

Posted Monday, July 13, 2009

Immunity Further Qualified

Even when law officers act in good faith, a judge’s approval of a search warrant is not a guarantee against civil suits.

Posted Monday, July 13, 2009

Civil Suits & Settlements

Politics and money matter more than police conduct in most cases, but at least you don’t pay for it out of your own pocket.

Posted Monday, July 13, 2009

Identifying & Documenting Gang Members

The role of supervisors: field interview reports can make all the difference in documenting criminal gang activity.

Posted Monday, July 13, 2009

Working an Aircraft Crash

Every agency should have a specific written for response to these types of incidents. Those jurisdictions that border airports have a higher chance of an incident and therefore their plans will likely be more thorough. How does an agency go about planning for an aircraft incident?

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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