2022

Federal Agencies Release Joint Study on Workplace Violence

Published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this report provides the latest findings on fatal and nonfatal crimes which occurred in the workplace or away from work over work-related issues. Findings are presented for 13 indicators of workplace violence, using data from five federal data collections. The study found that, over a 27 year period from 1992 to 2019, nearly 18,000 persons were killed at work, on duty, or in violence which was work-related, using data from the Bureau of…


THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE September/October 2022

SERGEANT JAMES POST ARE THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE RUNNING FLAT? Break out the donuts, boys, and I don’t mean Krispy Kremes. I’m talking about the donut spares in your trunks.  Due to too many reasons, for only the second time in history, American police departments are running on three flat tires and fumes from a tank of unleaded gas and some are considering drastic changes in their service delivery. Our police are underfunded, understaffed and are certainly an endangered species…


The Importance and Benefits of Traffic Enforcement

Dr. Stephenie Slahor What priority does traffic enforcement have in your agency compared to other activities involving life, property and community service? A low priority might reflect a statement such as, “We’re too busy with other work.” Maybe, it is the lament of, “We don’t have enough staff to do traffic.” Perhaps your current employment scene is seeing the retirement or resignations of too many staff. Or, perhaps there’s a perception that traffic enforcement will lessen the harmony between the…


FBI Releases 2021 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this report provides the 2021 statistics on the law enforcement officers killed in line-of-duty incidents. Of these, 73 officers died as a result of felonious acts and 56 officers died in accidents. Comprehensive data tables about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks were released recently in the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) portion on the FBI’s Law Enforcement Data Explorer.  A copy of the full report can…


IACP Resources: Anti-Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance

Published by the International Association for Chiefs of Police (IACP), this toolkit contains several different types of resources for combatting human trafficking. Human trafficking is one of the world’s fastest growing criminal activities, operating on the same scale as the illegal trade of guns and drugs. The toolkit contains upcoming events related to human trafficking, as well as checklists, articles and additional tools. To view the resources available, visit https://tinyurl.com/2p8k7k68


Recovering Digital Evidence with Mobile Device Forensics

Dr. Stephenie Slahor Mobile device forensics is an evolving specialty in the field of digital forensics which goes beyond devices that provide simple voice communication and text messaging capabilities. No doubt about it – technology rules the crime scenes involving computers, tablets, external hard drives, smart devices, E-mails, SMS (text messages), social media, the cloud, data, and even electronic medical records. And, within all that lies more technology to retrieve, study, report, and use data for investigations and for the…


2021 NRA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE YEAR

On Monday, August 30th, 2021, at approximately 1:08 p.m. deputies of the Brevard County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office were conducting a joint operation with members of the United States Border Patrol in an interdiction operation along Interstate 95 in Brevard County. During this time, Brevard County Deputy Tyler Thoman conducted a traffic stop for a broken tail light on a vehicle near the intersection of Highway 192 and Columbia Lane in West Melbourne, Florida. Upon approaching the subject vehicle, it was…


BUSTED! Real Stories of Genuine Absurdity September/October 2022

James L. McClinton, Ph.D. Milk it for all it’s worth… Florida’s Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office recently executed a search warrant and raided a drug house. The raid proved to be a successful one and the deputies ended up making ten arrests. One of those who was arrested stood out from the others. He was dressed so surprisingly that a deputy stood him handcuffed on the front lawn and took a full-length photo. The man was wearing a one-piece cow suit…


Legal Update September/October 2022

Larry E. Holtz, Esq. Supreme Court Eliminates the “Special Need” Requirement for Carry Permits In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), the United States Supreme Court invalidated New York State’s system for issuing concealed firearm permits, ruling that New York’s law requiring applicants to demonstrate “proper cause,” that is, a “special need for self-protection,” violates the Second Amendment. Previously, in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), and McDonald v….


…AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH September/October 2022

Ramesh Nyberg The Things We Carry The ever changing world of technology is a fascinating study. There was a time when the lead pencil was considered the height of technology. Automobiles without air conditioning which chugged along at a blazing 25 mph were the fancy of only the wealthy elite, as was propeller airplane travel. Police work has a similar evolution. When I first got interested in police work, I got a job at the Fontainebleau-Hilton Hotel in Miami Beach…