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On Aug. 29, 2025, I retired as editor of POLICE. The following is a personal and professional retrospective on more than two decades of covering your profession and its equipment and technologies.
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COPsync, Inc., a software technology provider to law enforcement and emergency service professionals, has announced that Ki Corp has begun to offer the COPsync information sharing software to its network of law enforcement clients.
Read More →The new alert service, called COPsync911, will allow school personnel throughout the United States to send alerts directly to the closest law enforcement officers during an emergency.
Read More →COPsync has released an Auto-Vehicle Locator (AVL) module for its COPsync software. This integrated software product provides a real-time, nationwide information collection and sharing network for law enforcement officers. The COPsync AVL provides typical mapping features to officers in the field, but also displays a map with the current location of all officers as they move about on patrol.
Read More →IBM i2 Coplink uses sophisticated analytics and "fuzzy" searches to allow investigators to discover hidden relationships and patterns that can be used to solve crimes. Geospatial mapping features in the software can quickly create maps, highlighting types of incidents such as arson, burglaries, or prowling by specific dates or times of day, and location.
Read More →The cops who came before you had to rely on plastic-coated reference cards and notebooks stuffed in their shirt pockets, and maybe you do to some degree as well. Still, there's no reason not to take advantage of the amazing and relatively cheap computing power of a smartphone to use while on patrol.
Read More →Law enforcement software is now available for PDAs that can give you license plate information in 15 seconds while you are standing on the side of the road in the rain. There are even systems that will prioritize what they display first when you run a subject's operator's license so that they will show you that the driver is wanted for assault on a peace officer in another county before they show you his address.
Read More →With this review of U.S. Cop, POLICE Magazine launches a twice-monthly series of reviews of smartphone apps for officers on both the iPhone and Android platforms.
Read More →Read about this year's innovative computer software that makes your job easier.
Read More →The expo can be a bit of an adventure. And herein I will share some of my thoughts on this year's edition.
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