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If federal agencies have problems cooperating and sharing information, how can local law enforcement work with them? The answers are certainly not simple, and may depend on just who is doing the answering.

Sometimes it's hard to know what's new in the world of K-9 gear. So to catch you up on the cool stuff that's out there, here's a look at some of the newest and most useful products available for your four-legged partner.

Things might be bad all over, but as a leader you can have a huge impact on the morale and welfare of your folks.

Many people don't realize it, but the United States is at war. I don't mean the war in Iraq. No disrespect intended to the men and women bravely serving in that conflict, but in the big picture the fight for Iraq is not the war. It is a major campaign in the war.

More than a handful of judges, lawyers, and police officers mistakenly thought of Miranda as some sort of judicial rule about how police officers are required to conduct interrogations.

My 9mm pistol is out and in the low-ready. My flashlight is the only illumination here. The red blood on black asphalt glistens like wet paint.

It’s important for you to be able to analyze vulnerabilities in your community, prioritize potential targets, and plan for a response. In other words, to protect your jurisdiction from dedicated and motivated fanatics, you need to look at it through their eyes.

When former President Ronald Reagan died in his Bel Air home on June 6, a lot of work began for the numerous law enforcement agencies that protect the nation’s capital and its citizens. For the first time in three decades Washington, D.C., would play host to a major state funeral of an honored U.S. president.

Step-by-step instructions and photos show you how to disarm a suspect carrying a gun or a knife.

I was trained under the rule that as a leader I take responsibility for not only my own actions, but for those of my subordinates.