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  • A history on the road
    A history on the road

    Ever stop to think what policing must have been like some sixty years ago? Consider the highway patrol officer whose job functions essentially expanded and evolved right along with the very roadways and interstates he or she patrolled. From receiving...

    Article • October 17th, 2012

  • The Next Generation of Emergency Communications

    Next generation communications, especially NG9-1-1 is a good thing. Evolving as public safety professionals will improve our ability to serve our public. But, what about the effect of this innovation on our public safety telecommunicators?

    Article • October 11th, 2012

  • Mobile Device Safety and Security Tips
    Mobile Device Safety and Security Tips

    This month's column is the result of collaboration with a colleague and friend. Det. Cindy Murphy of the Madison (Wisconsin) Police Department came up with these 10 tips for a PSA she participated in producing. With her permission, I'm reprinting and...

    Article • October 10th, 2012

  • Instant Replays In Police Work?
    Instant Replays In Police Work?

    The recent uproar over controversial calls by referees in the NFL highlights the role of video in determining who’s right or wrong.

    Article • September 27th, 2012

  • Protectors of the Thin Blue Line

    Nothing is more important than officer safety especially to those of us tasked with being their life-line. By following some suggestions from the beginning of your career to your last transmission, you can be the kind of dispatcher that takes care of...

    Article • September 19th, 2012

  • Crime fighting's next big deal
    Crime fighting's next big deal

    In the 2002 Tom Cruise movie “Minority Report,” crime in the year 2054 is eliminated by an elite PreCrime squad whose special powers enable them to see the future and predict crime. It may be 42 years until 2054, but some police agencies have...

    Article • September 4th, 2012

  • Flipping potatoes or foiling terrorists

    Before I delve into my first blog on Officer.com, allow me to introduce myself. I am Sara Schreiber and I have the pleasure of working alongside editors Jonathan Kozlowski and Tabatha Wethal on the print team of Law Enforcement Technology and Law...

    Blog • September 4th, 2012

  • Social Media Metrics revisited: How do you measure engagement?

    Install Google Analytics and you could spend hours poring over site statistics. And yet, even Google's definition of “engagement” is flawed: Analytics measures the number of seconds spent on the site, but as many social media experts would argue...

    Article • August 16th, 2012

  • How a less-lethal round became 'smart'
    How a less-lethal round became 'smart'

    Smart rounds for an alternative less-lethal solution

    Article • August 14th, 2012

  • The keys to video survellance in impossible topography
    The keys to video survellance in impossible topography

    Video surveillance serves to report crimes and protect officers in the field, at times allowing them to detect situations in remote areas and determine how to enter. Video is essentially police awareness, extending the eyes and capabilities of law...

    Article • August 14th, 2012

  • Brighter is better
    Brighter is better

    I’m back talking about flashlights. This time it’s backup, off-duty and specialty lights. Once again, I have to work hard to justify talking about flashlights in a Firearms Tactics column. I was going to be facetious about this, but I learned a...

    Article • August 14th, 2012

  • Shoot to skill
    Shoot to skill

    “We found that you can activate the sympathetic nervous system in virtual situations and developed the method of how to do [so],” Murphy, who worked with the Kansas City, Kan., PD for 30 years, says.

    Article • August 14th, 2012

  • Suit up, SWAT
    Suit up, SWAT

    LAPD Chief Darryl F. Gates was credited with developing the first SWAT (initially called the “Special Weapons Attack Team”) unit in the late 1960s. Agencies across the country saw the potential in the specialized unit and were quick to follow...

    Article • August 14th, 2012

  • The public safety super phone
    The public safety super phone

    What the law enforcement—and public safety network in general—offer police that commercial carriers cannot is the ruggedized equipment built to public safety standards

    Article • July 13th, 2012

  • In a digital world, analog still has its benefits

    Compliance with the standard does not guarantee that equipment from different manufacturers will be able to communicate.

    Article • July 13th, 2012

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