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December 2000
In This Issue
Patrol
An Investigator’s Guide to the Methamphetamine Lab
The young children watched cartoons in the living room, while in the kitchen their mother dissolved cold tablets in a jar of denatured alcohol. She had closed up the house to keep the odors inside so her neighbors wouldn't call the police.
November 30, 2000
Patrol
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.
November 30, 2000
Patrol
Boot Up For Success
"Today, law enforcement personnel want a "duty" boot that is lightweight, comfortable and will hold up in all the various conditions these individuals find themselves in on a daily basis."
November 30, 2000
Patrol
Police Steers a Steady Course Into the New Year
We have a yearlong "celebration" of our anniversary planned, including a look back at some of the key issues the industry and the profession have faced in the past quarter century and a retrospective on some of our most popular features.
November 30, 2000
Patrol
New Orleans PD's Crisis Unit
The Crisis Unit, manned by mental health technicians, provides the department with a team of specially trained civilians who have years of experience with the mentally ill.
November 30, 2000
Patrol
The War on Drugs: Where Are We?
The answer to the drug problem lies in a variety of factors. Education is one. Good parenting is another. Also, while drug abuse is stupid, romanticizing its use through popular culture is more so. Finally, let's not be afraid to pass judgment.
November 30, 2000
Vehicle Ops
Marine Bureau Fires Up Its Jets
The coastline comprises a wide assortment of conditions, including open-ocean waters, often with high seas, shallows, winding and narrow inlets, bays, canals, harbors, wetlands and the Long Island Sound, each posing a different challenge for a police boat.
November 30, 2000
Weapons
Range Designers Step Up To Today’s Challenges
Increased urbanization has created new conflicts with shooting ranges used by law enforcement agencies, defense installations, as well as civilian gun clubs across the United States and Canada.
November 30, 2000
Patrol
Death’s Dogs: Cadaver Search Canines
Any officer who has been involved in a search for a missing victim knows that law enforcement needs every possible break. Cadaver dogs, though not likely to become widely known or ever be the subject of a television series, give cops just the break they need when searching for human remains.
November 30, 2000
Patrol
Survive Your Vacation
While you may be tempted to think you are "getting away from it all," an experience I had this summer while floating the Yukon River forced me to re-evaluate the steps I undertook to prepare for such journeys.
November 30, 2000
Special Units
Looking at a Year of Developments
Looking back at this year, street gang behaviors have changed little. However, those of us who work the street must have noticed a few unique changes in the types of gang alliances, memberships and the crimes in which some street gangs have been involved.
November 30, 2000
Training
NYPD-Lite
It was Nov. 1, 1955: my first tour of duty as a policeman. I had been assigned to the 15th Precinct, in midtown Manhattan, to kick off Operation Cross-town, a scheme devised to expedite the flow of vehicular traffic through one of the busiest sections of the city.
November 30, 2000
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