New Safe Routes to School On-Line Resource for Law Enforcement Officers

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is pleased to announce the launch of a new resource for law enforcement officers, Safe Routes to School for Law Enforcement.  Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a national effort to encourage and enable children, grades K-8, to safely walk and bicycle to school.  The reinforcement of safe behaviors by educators, parents, and law enforcement will help to keep the children in your community safe.

Annual Retirement Luncheon 2009

Every year AACOP holds an Annual Retirement Luncheon to honor Chiefs of Police who are AACOP members that retired the previous year. Below are some photographs from the event.

Calif Supreme Court OKs arrest warrants without names, based solely on DNA profile

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court has authorized so-called "John Doe" arrest warrants that contain only a DNA profile of an unknown suspect.

Excellence in Victim Services Award

Each year the International Association of Chiefs of Police and LogIn, Inc. sponsor the Excellence in Victim Services Award.  This award honors law enforcement agencies that have made exemplary efforts in providing innovative services to victims of crime.

Speeding, Parking Tickets on Rise as Government Revenue Source

Drivers across the country, beware - a heftier fine could be coming to a dashboard near you. Faced with rising deficits and dwindling revenues, many states and local municipalities are turning to increased traffic and parking fines to fill their coffers.

Orlando Domestic Violence Lethality Questionaire

Orlando cops will soon carry a new weapon when they respond to domestic-violence calls: a questionnaire designed to predict whether a victim could eventually be killed by an abuser.

Police policy looks to combat perceived bias

PAWTUCKET - The Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association yesterday announced a plan to prevent biased policing, even as it continued to deny that the police engage in racial profiling in traffic stops.

Police Get Added Order: Stop, Frisk and ‘Explain’

The Police Department says its practice of stopping, and sometimes frisking, thousands of people a year in high-crime neighborhoods has helped keep those areas safe.

New technique to extract DNA when cases go cold

The detectives looking for Ronald Fraga's killer had hit a dead end. The year-old murder investigation was as cold as they come, with every lead exhausted, every potential witness interviewed and the last days of Fraga's life reconstructed. Nothing gave detectives hope they would find the person who stabbed the 17-year-old Fraga outside a Peoria house last January.  

Maryland Limits Death Penalty

The state of Maryland will no longer rely on eyewitness testimony alone
in capital cases. According to The Capital the death penalty "can be
imposed only in cases with a videotaped confession, or in which biological,
DNA or videotaped evidence conclusively links a defendant to a murder."

Fla. cops have a new weapon to fight germs

SANFORD, Fla. - The latest weapon carried by Sanford police officers doesn't fire bullets and wouldn't do much damage if they hit you with it. But the device they now carry in their shirt pocket sprays a mist that might protect the officers in the event they are exposed to harmful bacteria or viral germs.

Apps locate speed traps, udpate Amber Alerts, more

An increasing number of applications -- or apps -- released for iPhone,
BlackBerry and Android operating systems are related in some way to law
enforcement and emergency situations.