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Imagining the next-gen emergency communications center
policeone.com As smartphone technology and other devices continue to connect the civilian world, emergency communications centers cannot afford to be left behind By Randall Larson, P1 Contributor For more than 50 years, the dialing code 9-1-1 has been an optimal … Continue reading
Cold Case Squad – On The Case
dpdbeat.com The Dallas Police Department re-established a Cold Case Squad in late 2016 to address the numerous requests to further investigate some of the well over two (2) thousand unsolved homicides in the city. Since the inception of this squad, … Continue reading
VICE AND NARCOTICS OPERATION
VICE AND NARCOTICS OPERATION From DPD Beat Today, February 20, 2019, the Dallas Police Department in partnership with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners throughout the region, executed multiple search warrants at businesses in the 11000 block of Emerald Street. … Continue reading
Officer Morale, Safety, and Wellness
Section from Rank and File (Robinson, 2018)— Reflections on some emerging issues in Law Enforcement Mary-Jo Robinson and Christopher Smith To sustain an agency that is prepared to respond to the changing threats to public safety, officer safety and wellness must … Continue reading
Immigrants Do Not Increase Crime
scientificamerican.com Robert Adelman, University at Buffalo, and Lesley Reid, University of Alabama Research has shown virtually no support for the enduring assumption that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime. Immigration-crime research over the past 20 years has … Continue reading
Gender Diversity in Policing
It is estimated that approximately 13 percent of sworn law enforcement officers in the United States are women. However, when many executive-level female officers took the oath decades ago, they were joining departments that were unaccustomed to having women in … Continue reading
Responding to the Active Shooter
policemag.com November 09, 2018 | by Christophor Periatt Starting on the job in a large metropolitan city in the early spring of 1994, I never trained to respond to an active threat the way we do today. Barricaded gunman response, … Continue reading
Dallas cops are working too much at off-duty jobs, says city audit
dallasnews.com 8-10 minutes Dallas police officers are working too long and too often for off-duty employers, says a city audit released Friday. In Dallas, officers can end up working longer hours at their off-duty jobs than in their actual police … Continue reading
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Support CWEB by using Amazon Smile when you shop at Amazon. When you purchase items at Amazon Smile and select CWEB as your non-profit of choice Amazon will make a donation to CWEB based on the amount of your purchase. … Continue reading
Policing and Metrics
Policing and Metrics[1] Just like in education, medicine, and the military statistics can be gamed to make the outcome support the desired conclusion. In recent decades metrics has transformed policing into a numbers game that can also be easily manipulated. … Continue reading