Technology

  • Confessions of a training instructor

    We have all been in class with “That Guy.” Admit it: odds are you have likely been “That Guy” at some point in your career. There are as many types of “That Guy” as there are people: the guy who shows up to class without the right...

    Article • February 14th, 2011

  • Sort of off duty

    Some factors have changed in police work today, specifically the density of officers to citizens in any given community. A glaring example is this: Tucson started 2011 with more than 40 fewer officers when its recent tragedy occurred. And Oakland...

    Article • February 7th, 2011

  • Tech FYI

    You may have recently noticed within our pages a new tech mark in the form of little boxes with a grid of black and white triangular shapes. This is part of a new technological linking method known as mobile tagging. It works similarly to the scanners...

    Article • January 26th, 2011

  • Social crisis response

    What do more than 600 million Facebook users, 145 million Twitter users, and 488 million YouTube users mean for the incident command system? Plenty. An August 2009 survey of 1,058 adults, commissioned by the Red Cross, suggested that more people turn...

    Article • January 25th, 2011

  • Money Making Money

    Websites are promoting Iraqi dinars as an easy way to make money; is it a sure thing or a sure bust?

    Article • January 24th, 2011

  • The software suggestion box

    We all recall the retail business mantra “the customer is always right.” Well, while this may not always be true, the customer today has a huge voice in how law enforcement products are designed.  Software is a prime example of this trend, and...

    Article • January 14th, 2011

  • Rifles on patrol

    History is not linear; it has a habit of circling back on itself. In the 1930s, violent bank robbery gangs armed with military automatic rifles and submachine guns murdered citizens and law enforcement officers, terrorizing the nation in the commission...

    Article • January 13th, 2011

  • Officer Survival, Really?

    Recently a former police commander and criminal justice commander sent an email to Kevin Davis expressing her thoughts on today's police officers and training. She what she had to say and how Davis responds.

    Article • December 23rd, 2010

  • Are you ready for narrowbanding? Understanding the details

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rewritten Part 90 of the rules governing the operations of land mobile radio systems. The Commission has also set deadlines for radio equipment manufacturers to develop equipment that is capable of...

    Article • December 9th, 2010

  • The little pistol that could

    Not long ago I tested the CZ P-01, a DA/SA semi-automatic pistol with a decocking action in 9mm. This is the compact alloy frame version of the CZ 75 pistol, with an improved alloy frame, M3 rail and checkered rubber grips. The CZ-P-01 is the NATO...

    Article • December 6th, 2010

  • Products of the year

    This is our fifth year convening to celebrate the original, innovative, smart products that the companies serving this industry produce to make law  enforcers’ — Law Enforcement Technology readers— duties easier, and officers' time on the...

    Article • December 3rd, 2010

  • Original, unique innovation

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    Article • December 3rd, 2010

  • KA-BAR Tanto Knife

    I've found tanto-style knife designs (in general) very strong and rugged enough to take the abuse I throw at them without issue.

    Article • December 3rd, 2010

  • The budget burden

    It’s the 200-pound brute cohabitating every police management office across the states: the budget gorilla. This year’s roundtable proves that some curse words have more than four letters, and the big one of these last years, and according to...

    Article • December 2nd, 2010

  • The 10 and 10,000-foot views

    Three police managers offer their insight on the year at hand in the 2010 roundtable

    Article • December 1st, 2010