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Police Magazine
April 2004
In This Issue
Technology
Connecting the Dots
Computers have revolutionized the art of crime mapping. Once just an exercise of sticking pins into a map glued to a bulletin board, crime mapping is now built on a foundation of “geographic information systems,” or GIS, a fancy term for creating, updating, and analyzing computerized maps.
March 31, 2004
Special Units
Head of the Class
The Center's mission is to provide no-cost counterdrug training and education to law enforcement and drug demand reduction specialists across the 18 northeastern United States spanning Maine to Virginia and west to Wisconsin.
March 31, 2004
Training
How to Get Promoted
People have their own opinions about what makes a good cop and what constitutes a successful law enforcement career. Most people agree that moving up the ranks is a good indicator of success. For those of you who are looking to add some stripes to your uniform, here’s some advice from people who have been there.
March 31, 2004
Weapons
SHOT Show 2004
Each year the law enforcement specific portion of the annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show grows larger. This year's show was no exception.
March 31, 2004
Weapons
Ready for Duty
Beginning in the mid-1980s, American police agencies switched en masse from the revolver to the semi-automatic pistol. Rationalizations for this change in weaponry were many and are still hotly debated.
March 31, 2004
Patrol
Prisoners Sing for Their Freedom
Singing prisoners, wedding gunfire, and a human piñata.
March 31, 2004
Patrol
Massiah Vs. Miranda
Miranda, Miranda, Miranda. Sometimes, we spend so much time on this one aspect of interrogation law that we tend to forget there are three other constitutional tests of admissibility of a suspect's statement.
March 31, 2004
Technology
InfinaDyne CD/DVD Inspector 2.1
Nowadays it's easier to commit a crime with a computer than with a gun.
March 31, 2004
Weapons
Al Mar Nomad Knife
For 25 years Al Mar has been a leader in tactical knives. The company's tradition of hard-use folding duty/tactical knives continues as Al Mar broadens its line of clip-it style knives.
March 31, 2004
Weapons
CZ-USA 2075 RAMI Semi-Auto
This is an off-duty or concealed carry pistol, not a uniform duty gun.
March 31, 2004
Patrol
Sign Language
In my years instructing law enforcement officers in defensive tactics I've observed that cops tend to overlook the importance of total communication with the suspect.
March 31, 2004
Patrol
Watching the Neighborhood
The 9/11 atrocities changed America. But unless they were directly affected, I don't think it really changed individual Americans. In fact, I think it had the opposite effect. If you were liberal before the attack, it made you more liberal; conservative, more conservative; pacifist, more pacifist...
March 31, 2004
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