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Enabling Data for Modern Law Enforcement: Better...
In the digital era, law enforcement and public safety agencies have access to volumes of valuable data: information on operations, locations and trends derived from service calls, patrol reports and…
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Law Enforcement and Technology: Use of Unmanned...
There is no specific legislative framework that governs federal law enforcement use of drones. Generally, federal law does not direct or prohibit specific tools and technologies—such as UAS—used by federal…
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Voices of First Responders: Public Safety...
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide guidance on the usability of public safety communication…
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Update to the Department Policy on Use of Force
In determining the appropriateness of a particular use of force, the Department is guided by constitutional law, as interpreted by U.S. Supreme Court. The Fourth Amendment supplies a constitutional baseline…
Learn MorePolicing the Police: Qualified Immunity and...
Qualified immunity is a judicially created doctrine shielding from civil liability those public officials who perform discretionary functions. This data sheet explores the legal basis for qualified immunity, how it…
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