Articles

Technology•by Tim Dees•February 15, 2011

New Developments In ALPR

Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology has been the "oh, wow" gadget for the past few years, and with good reason. ALPR can identify, screen, and record the license plates of more vehicles than an entire squad of police officers could handle, and can do it with greater accuracy and no fatigue factor.

Weapons•by Mike Detty•February 14, 2011

Rock River Arms LAR-8 Varmint A4

The advantage of a semi-auto weapon over a bolt gun is obvious. Follow-up shots are much quicker and the felt recoil is much less. Another advantage of the AR platform .308 weapons system is the familiar layout of the selector, mag release, and charging handle.

Patrol•by Robin Hattersley Gray•February 11, 2011

6 Errors Police, Hospitals Make When Handling Prisoners

Watch out for these six pitfalls, when you're transporting a prisoner in or out of a medical facility.

Patrol•by Dave Smith•February 10, 2011

Dumping Garbage

We have to decide not to carry garbage around ourselves and not to accept it from others.

Technology•by David Griffith•February 10, 2011

Rugged Notebooks: Tough and Secure

The Rugged Notebooks Eagle laptop has built-in biometric access control, is ruggedized to MIL-STD-810F, and is Windows 7 compatible.

Patrol•by Devallis Rutledge•February 7, 2011

'Don't Talk To My Client!'

The Constitution does not forbid you to talk to a person just because that person has an attorney, or just because the attorney tells you not to do it. Instead, the law focuses on whether the suspect is willing to talk without his or her attorney present.