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Telling the Truth
Intentional, malicious, or deceptive conduct will permanently destroy an officer's credibility. Should an officer violate these standards, there is no alternative other than termination or permanent removal from investigative duties.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
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How To Start a Smaller-Agency Traffic Unit
If the chief or sheriff wants to form a traffic unit, stop and ask what kind of unit. Is this purely enforcement or is this a special events traffic detail? Will you handle parades, funeral escorts or other special events? Will you investigate serious and fatal accidents up to and including reconstruction?
Photo by Paul Clinton.
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FBI's Evidence Response Teams
The FBI special agents who spearhead regional Evidence Response Team (ERT) units work closely with mostly non-sworn evidence collection professionals to process some of the nation's most challenging crime scenes, including the Boston Marathon bombing.
A member of the FBI's Evidence Response Team collects fingerprint evidence. Photo via FBI/Wikimedia.
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Houston PD's Traffic Enforcement Unit
Ten stealth vehicles, including Chevrolet Camaros, have helped this specialized unit issue 100,000 tickets for moving violations a year. The unit also accounts for half the agency's drunk-driving arrests.
Photo courtesy of Larry Baimbridge.
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Albuquerque's Real Time Crime Center
The sworn officers who assist civilian dispatchers and analysts in the Albuquerque Police Department's new Real-Time Crime Center typically rotate into the assignment after they've been placed on injured, restricted or light duty.
Photo by Loren Higgins, Albuquerque Police Department.
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Law Enforcement: A Path Into the Middle Class
The Police Orientation Preparation Program places career-bound, law enforcement students in an established LAPD training environment. Students graduate with an associate's degree and gain real-life experience as they prepare for a career in law enforcement.
Photo courtesy of Roberta Weintraub.
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Alaska's Village Public Safety Officers
To help keep the peace in Alaska's tiny indigenous villages, the state deputizes rural peace officers known as village public safety officers, or VPSOs.
VPSO Sgt. Dan Decker patrols Ekwok. Photo courtesy of Alaska DPS.
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LAPD Rampart's Special Problems Unit
The LAPD's Rampart Division may be the agency's smallest geographic area, but its steady flow of house burglaries, auto thefts, and meth-fueled crime offer the Special Problems Unit plenty of opportunity for targeted enforcement.
LAPD Rampart's SPU tests new equipment such as a V-8 Dodge Charger. Photo by Blake Bobit.
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Learn Your Weak Skill, Then Fix It
I live by one theory—the thing that you fear the most is always lurking around the corner. Train smart, train hard and turn your weakness to strength.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
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How To Find a Career Counselor
I learned a valuable story from an old U.S. Army first sergeant years ago. Never plan for your next assignment/promotion when it is posted. You should have been working on this goal.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
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Off-Duty Behavior
Once you become a police officer or deputy, the world changes its view of you. I know you're the same man or woman that you were before you poked your hand up and took the oath, but there are some realities we need to discuss.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
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Know Your Place
Law enforcement is steeped in para-military tradition. Rank structure is a key to our successes.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
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