Technology

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  • 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

  • Is your social content building relationships or barriers?

    As law enforcement agencies compete with other newsmakers for ever-shrinking media attention, the ability to tell their own stories in their own way can be very important indeed.

    Article • July 3rd, 2012

  • In search of a tactical torch
    In search of a tactical torch

    This month’s column looks at flashlights. I had to convince my editor that an article on flashlights is relevant to firearms. Yeah, yeah, I know. I write the Firearms Tactics column. OK, this month, I’m testing light cannons. How’s that...

    Article • June 15th, 2012

  • 20 ways to use your smartphone
    20 ways to use your smartphone

    #1: Police Spanish Guide For Android comes with pre-programmed and indexed phrases by subjects, like basic questions, routine traffic stops, traffic or driving violations, field sobriety tests, lost child, domestic disputes and interrogation. Use...

    Article • June 15th, 2012

  • The Social Media - Police Branding Relationship

    Do your social media accounts brand your agency, or your profession?

    Article • June 5th, 2012

  • A Conversation on Video Surveillance

    VideoSurveillance.com, a leading authority and provider of custom security camera systems, recently interviewed Officer.com’s Editor-in-Chief Frank Borelli, a retired police lieutenant with 30 years of law enforcement experience, on the subject of...

    Blog • June 4th, 2012

  • PIOs: Are You Prepared For Your Agency's 'Personal Brands'?

    For the Philadelphia Police Department, “learning to prep” recently included asking a tweeting detective, Joe Murray (@TheFuzz9143), to stop what he was doing so that they could put policy and training in place.

    Article • May 8th, 2012

  • At-home bullet testing: Try it today
    At-home bullet testing: Try it today

    It took a couple of months and a refrigerator full of ballistics gelatin, but the performance results are in

    Article • April 11th, 2012

  • Enter the hot zone
    Enter the hot zone

    One lane of I-95 in West Palm Beach, Fla., closed for a week while fire rescue hazmat personnel and environmental regulators conducted a homicide crime scene investigation. Meanwhile, in Jupiter, Fla., the sheriff’s office environmental...

    Article • April 11th, 2012

  • Tracking Graffiti Pays Off for Denver Police

    A new database analyzes tags, maps them and even comes up with a cost of damage.

    News • March 21st, 2012

  • Credit where credit is due
    Credit where credit is due

    While economic factors are at play, law enforcement is also working smarter, trying new approaches and following crime data closely.

    Article • March 16th, 2012

  • Butt Calls, Eye-Rollers, Disbelievers and Scowlers

    Law Enforcement and other emergency dispatchers have to listen to a lot just to determine whether or not the call to 911 is actually an emergency. Sometimes it's funny; sometimes it's not.

    Article • March 15th, 2012

  • Information sharing: “social” police work

    It's one thing to post surveillance video online and ask for public feedback, using the social space the same way you would traditional TV and print media. But it's another to share the same information with neighboring agencies.

    Article • March 6th, 2012

  • The Skinny On Lasers
    The Skinny On Lasers

    Lasers have been around for years, but there are still a host of misconceptions about their use and effectiveness.

    Article • March 5th, 2012

  • Streamlining for safety (and convenience)
    Streamlining for safety (and convenience)

    At its best, an officer’s patrol car is his or her mobile office. It is chock full of everything they need to get the job done. At its worst, it can be a death trap – chock full of things , and distractions. Auto accidents are consistently among...

    Article • February 28th, 2012

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