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More IACP 2025 From the Show Floor

Watch expanded coverage of IACP 2025 as the POLICE Magazine team walks the aisles at the expo and shares what we found interesting on display for chiefs from across the country and around the world this week in Denver, Colorado.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2014

Zetron's New Program Helps Public Safety Agencies Finance Equipment

Zetron's recent partnership with Government Capital Corporation gives public safety agencies an affordable and flexible way to purchase new equipment.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2014

Violent Crime Down 4.4% in Latest FBI Stats

The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased 4.4 percent in 2013 when compared with 2012 data, according to FBI figures released today. Property crimes decreased 4.1 percent, marking the 11th straight year the collective estimates for these offenses declined.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2014

Video: Utah Man Fired for Nasty Anti-Police Facebook Post

A restaurant in Santaquin, Utah, has fired one of its cooks for posting a particularly nasty comment about law enforcement officers on his personal Facebook page.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 4, 2014

IACP and 3M Name 2014 Honorees of the Looking Beyond the License Plate Award

The IACP Highway Safety Committee (HSC), in cooperation with 3M's Traffic Safety and Security Division, announced the honorees of the 2014 Looking Beyond the License Plate award at the IACP Annual Conference.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2014

Federal Civil Rights Charges Unlikely Against Ferguson Officer

Justice Department investigators have all but concluded they do not have a strong enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., law enforcement officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2014

Facebook Makes Undercover Operations More Difficult

Law enforcement agencies across the country are grappling with social media sites and the implications for officers who work undercover, In some cases, publicly identifying an undercover officer on social media has resulted in jail time. Other times, prosecutors say the postings may not constitute a crime, as online speech can be construed as merely sharing — not threatening.l

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2014

Milwaukee Police Union Votes No Confidence in Chief

Nearly 100% of Milwaukee police officers who participated in a union vote Thursday signaled they have no confidence in Police Chief Edward Flynn, the police union announced Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2014

Glock Donates $30,000 to DEA Survivors Benefit Fund

The Drug Enforcement Administration's Survivors Benefit Fund (DEASBF) received a donation of $30,000 from Glock Inc., on Monday, Oct. 27, at the annual IACP conference in Orlando, Fla.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2014

Ford, Telogis Offer Telematics for Law Enforcement

Ford and Telogis will offer a factory telematics system to law enforcement agencies that's designed to reduce hazardous driving by officers, the companies said while announcing the product at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Orlando, Fla.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2014

Survey Results Suggest Limited Budgets Slow Law Enforcement's Adoption of Crime-Fighting Software

When Wynyard asked nearly 300 police chiefs, federal investigators, analysts, and other high-ranking law enforcement officials if they were using crime-fighting software, only 35 percent said yes; of those departments that were using crime-fighting software, 63 percent were using it to fight drug-related crimes. In the departments that were not using crime-fighting software, 70 percent said they would use it to fight drug crimes if they had it.

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