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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2005

Investigators Form Association to Combat Abuse

The National Association of Domestic and Child Abuse Investigators recently formed to provide a resource for investigators across the country.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2005

Baltimore PD Aims to Fight Witness Intimidation

After drug dealers in Baltimore started circulating a homemade video called “Stop Snitching,” the city’s police department put out its own DVD called “Keep Talking.”

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2005

America Online to Promote E-911/911 Access

America Online has become a program partner in the Next Generation E9-1-1 (NG E9-1-1 Program of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) to improve and promote access to emergency calling services.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2005

Megan’s Law Website Now Accepts Feedback

California’s sex offender registry Website recently added a feature that allows users to report information to help law enforcement keep its records up to date.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2005

Two Charged Under New Human Trafficking Law

Ricardo Contreras and Regino Sanchez are charged with attempting to smuggle an 18-year-old Guatemalan woman into Lantana, Florida under the state’s new law against human trafficking.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 1, 2005

Personal Transportation

When it comes to patrol cars, some law enforcement agencies have always wrestled with a variety of decisions. Ford? Chevy? Dodge? How fast? Marked or unmarked?

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Articlesby Mark KariyaApril 1, 2005

Picking a Patrol Bike

Like civilians, no two police bicycle patrol officers are alike and, when it comes to bike features required or desired, there are few hard and fast rules. In other words, a police patrol bicycle must be affordable, durable, and versatile, but beyond that, one sometimes gets into the realm of purely personal preference.

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Articlesby Jon LeSageApril 1, 2005

Cutting Car Costs

Keeping fleet operating costs under control is a top priority of police fleet managers, given the realities of budget shortfalls; however, with the 24/7 nature of patrol duty and other assignments, cutting operating costs can be a tall order. POLICE magazine spoke with fleet managers from large agencies throughout the country to find out how they do it.

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 1, 2005

Ready for Duty

Police vehicles serve many functions. They are symbols of law and order that help deter motorists from speeding and other people from committing serious offenses. They’re also rolling offices for sworn personnel, equipment haulers, and prisoner transportation systems. The list of all the tasks required of police vehicles could go on for a long time.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichApril 1, 2005

How to Equip Patrol Cars

Most law enforcement agencies have been through the process of buying and equipping cars many times before. But just because you’ve done it before doesn’t mean you have to do it the same way every time. There are many choices when it comes to outfitting your patrol cars with lightbars, partitions, deck lights, and all the other accoutrements that make cruisers patrol ready. Maybe it’s time for your department to look into the different options.

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