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Articlesby Al ValdezDecember 1, 2001

Don’t Stop Fighting the War on Gangs

Don't stop fighting the war on gangs.

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Articlesby Roy HuntingtonDecember 1, 2001

Temecula (Calif.) Police Department

This Old West town's small force juggles city and county duties.

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Articlesby E.G. HallJune 1, 2001

Gypsies: Kings of Con

“The cops don’t care and what’s best, they don’t know anything about us. Hotel security has no idea what’s going on. Gypsies are running their scams every day and no one is the wiser.”

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Articlesby John A. MakholmDecember 1, 2000

Honoring Youth Is Prescription for the Future

In these days of the Columbine High School shootings and countless other similar tragedies involving youngsters, we often allow these violent acts to overshadow the good deeds that young people perform in communities across the nation, each and every day.

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The Importance of Being Responsive to Crime Victims

The costs and consequences of crime can be measured in different ways.  When measured in dollar amounts, for example, crime costs more than 100 billion dollars annually for lost property, medical bills, and work absenteeism.  These costs are tangible measures of the heavy toll that crime exacts on our country's residents.

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Articlesby Dennis HallJanuary 1, 2000

School Safety Panel Message: Hike the Profile of Officers

The Columbine High School incident last spring seared itself into the American consciousness and while everyone has probably grown tired of hearing about it, the fact remains that mass incidents of violence have continued both on and off campus since then.

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Articlesby Wesley HarrisAugust 1, 1999

Recruiting Women: Are We Doing Enough?

"Women can do this job." Although the percentage of female cops in America still hovers at only around 10 percent, any doubt that women are just as competent and capable as males has been removed in many quarters and at many agencies.

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He Flees—To Pursue or Not to That is the Question

High-speed pursuits are the most dangerous of all police activities for innocent citizens, regardless of the circumstances!  In my example it was a rural setting at 0300 hours on a straight road with no one else around, except for the other vehicle that became an unwitting rolling roadblock for my pursuit.

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Articlesby Gerald W. GarnerJuly 1, 1998

Are You Ready for a Promotion?

You've packed off a gazillion puking drunks, officiated at countless barroom brawls, gone through a truckload of ticket books and restored relative tranquility to more scenes of domestic mayhem then you'd care to number.  You're ready for a new challenge. You are ready, at least in your own mind, for promotion.

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Articlesby Dan KalkApril 1, 1998

SWAT Teams Need Strong Leadership

No police department would ever consider sending police officers onto the street without proper training or equipment to handle routine calls.  Without hesitation, police department send their officers to state-of-the-art equipment. This is equally true when it comes to training and equipping high-risk or specialty units such as SWAT teams, gang units, repeat offender units and emergency response teams.

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