The White House And Justice Department Announce $1 Billion In Grants To Add Officers To America’s Streets
On July 28, 2009, Vice President Joseph Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced $1 billion in grants to fund the hiring or rehiring of 4,699 law enforcement officers... Read More
The Role of 311 Nonemergency Systems in Emergencies
With
hurricane season in full swing, cities and counties across the nation, especially
those with histories of finding themselves in hurricanes’ paths, are preparing. They are
preparing public notification...
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Behaviorist or Bureaucrat?
Surveying the Surveyors in Policing!
The majority of municipal police agencies across the United States use some type of survey to gauge citizen satisfaction with police services or citizen perception of municipal police agencies. Read More
Using Social Networking to Reach the Public
In world history there have been few fundamental shifts in how people move
through society, but right now such a shift is occurring. For centuries, people
were introduced and became connected face-to-face.
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New From COPS
As law enforcement agencies strengthen and advance their community policing efforts they often call on their colleagues in other departments of their own city government to assist with problem-solving efforts in the community. Read More