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David Griffith

Editor

David Griffith has been editor of POLICE Magazine since December 2001. He brings more than 40 years of experience on magazines and newspapers to POLICE. A Maggie award-winning journalist, his byline has appeared on hundreds of articles in POLICE and other national magazines.

Articlesby David GriffithDecember 7, 2016

Up Through the Ranks

Now that Williams has achieved one of her greatest career goals by becoming chief of her hometown Phoenix PD, she has equally lofty goals for the department.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 6, 2016

IACP 2016 Best of Show

This year's IACP show held in San Diego from Oct. 16 through Oct. 18 didn't really have a theme. Which in some ways made it more interesting. Here's a look at some products shown at this year's IACP that are available now or will be early next year.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2016

Prop 57: Doubling Down on Disaster

Like many misguided propositions in California, Prop 57 is likely to pass. Which means the Golden State will be releasing some bad people early.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 11, 2016

Looking Forward

We'll do a little bit of looking at the past in the last two articles of this special feature section. But we decided it might be more interesting to look forward instead of look back.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 11, 2016

The End Game

Many people watching the Black Lives Matter movement have long seen its goal as quite literally changing the way law enforcement officers do their jobs, forcing you to pull back and avoid confrontations with black suspects. And while the final moves of that strategy have yet to occur, the pieces are moving into place.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 10, 2016

The Cloud: Beyond Data Storage

Many law enforcement agencies have turned to the cloud as a solution for their data needs and for delivering mission critical information to officers in the field.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 7, 2016

IADLEST NCP: Helping Officers Find Better Training

IADLEST's National Certification Program (NCP) evaluates both online and in-person training programs for law enforcement officers. IADLEST has both created a methodology and a process for evaluating training before granting its seal of approval.

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Articlesby David GriffithSeptember 2, 2016

FirstTwo: Incident Intel at Your Fingertips

There is a staggering amount of information about people and places that can be harvested on the internet and through social media, if you know how to find it and compile it.

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Articlesby David GriffithSeptember 2, 2016

The 2016 POLICE Presidential Poll

There have been few presidential elections in U.S. history where both major party candidates were so disliked by much of the electorate as this year's contest between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

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Articlesby David GriffithSeptember 1, 2016

Beware Armchair SWAT Commanders

Real armed conflicts are not video games. The combatants don't have a god-like view of all aspects of the engagement and there are absolutely no do-overs.

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