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| Law Enfocement Technology | |
| Bomb & Explosive Technology | |
| 1999 NIJ Comm Expl Detect Sys Pt1 0999.pdf 1999 NIJ Comm Expl Detect Sys Pt2 0999.pdf Guide for the Selection of Commercial Explosive Detection Systems for Law Enforcement Applications |
This Guide, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, is intended to be useful to law enforcement agencies in selecting commercial explosive detection systems, addressing all trace and x-ray detection systems as well as novel technologies and such standard techniques as canine and physical search. |
| 1999 NIJ Expl Trace Det 0999.pdf Evaluation of a Test Protocol For Explosives Trace Detectors Using a Representative Commercial Analyzer |
This report, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, is intended to document the findings from the laboratory testing of a test protocol for evaluating trace explosive detectors by a non-specialist in a laboratory setting, with the particular interest of determining if the proposed methods were realistic, clearly presented, and technically sound for use by non-specialists. |
| 2001 NIJ Combustibles 0301.pdf Flammable and Combustible Liquid Spill/Burn Patterns |
This report, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, is intended to provide fire investigators with analytical skills to predict the quantity of liquid fuels necessary to create a burn pattern of a given size. |
| DNA Technology | |
| 1999 NIJ DNA Info for LE 0999.pdf What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence |
This NIJ booklet, published in conjunction with the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence, is intended to provide law enforcement officers with a non-technical description of DNA and DNA evidence, and provide useful information on DNA evidence collection, preservation, transportation and storage; avoidance of evidence contamination; elimination samples; and CODIS. |
| 2000 NIJ Forensic DNA Testing 1100.pdf The Future of Forensic DNA Testing-Predictions of the Research and Development Working Group |
This Report from the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence contains a non-technical description of DNA technology in the year 2000, with predictions where it will be in 2002, 2005 and 2010, as well as an Appendix with technical summaries for those who want more technical details. |
| 2001
NIJ Understanding DNA 0501.pdf Understanding DNA Evidence: A Guide for Victim Service Providers |
This NIJ Guide, published in conjunction with the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence and the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime, is intended to provide victims and victim service providers with a non-technical description of: DNA and DNA evidence; DNA evidence collection, contamination and preservation issues; DNA testing; and CODIS. |
| Drug Technology | |
| 2000 NIJ Test Reagents Drugs 0700.pdf Color Test Reagents/Kits for Preliminary Identification of Drugs of Abuse |
This report, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, was prepared to establish minimum requirements for color test reagent/kits to detect drugs of abuse and methods of testing the reagents to determine compliance with those requirements. |
| 2001 NIJ Trace Narcotics 0401.pdf Trace Detection of Narcotics Using a Preconcentrator/Ion Mobility Spectrometer System |
This report, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, reports on the findings on work done in the area of trace drug detection during FY 1999 to determine the efficacy of the chemical preconcentrator in the field of trace drug detection, with a view toward developing a drug detection portal for personnel screening. |
| Information Technology | |
| Crime Mapping & GIS | |
| 1999
NIJ Computerized Crime Mapping 0199.pdf The Use of Computerized Crime Mapping by Law Enforcement: Survey Results |
This NIJ Research Preview reports the results of a 15-month survey of law enforcement agencies on the use, usefulness and users of crime mapping and GIS technologies, conducted by the NIJ's Crime Mapping Research Center (CMRC). |
| 1999 NIJ Mapping Crime 1299.pdf Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice |
This NIJ CMRC publication is intended to be a comprehensive introductory guide on crime mapping for law enforcement agencies that are in the early stages of using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Winter 1999 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, including computerized mapping as a tool for problem-oriented policing. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Spring 1999 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, including free maps to drug law enforcement agencies from the National Guard. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Summer 1999 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, including privacy issues in the presentation of geocoded data. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Fall 1999 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, including information on both ESRI and MapInfo software used in crime mapping. |
| 2000
COPS Crime analysis and mpg 1000.pdf Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping Information Clearinghouse |
This Police Foundation/COPS publication provides a comprehensive list of crime analysis and crime mapping resources. |
| 2000 COPS Crime Analysis Map Production 1100.pdf Manual of Crime Analysis Map Production |
This manual provides guidelines for introductory-level crime analysis mapping in a law enforcement environment. |
| 2000
COPS Geocoding in Law Enforcement 0800.pdf Geocoding in Law Enforcement-Final Report |
This COPS publication provides an introductory discussion of the geocoding process and common problems faced when geocoding law enforcement data. |
| 2000 COPS GIS Virtues Vices 0700.ppt Virtues and Vices of Geographic Information Systems: A Look Behind the Curtain |
This COPS presentation outlines at a high level uses and functions of GIS and crime mapping in support of law enforcement functions. |
| 2000
COPS Guidelines in crime mapping 1000.pdf Guidelines to Implement and Evaluate Crime Analysis and Mapping in Law Enforcement |
This COPS publication is meant to serve as a guide to implementing and evaluating crime analysis and mapping for law enforcement agencies that do not currently have that function in place. |
| 2000 COPS Integrati Comm Policg Comp Mpg 0200.pdf Integrating Community Policing and Computer Mapping: Assessing Issues and Needs Among COPS Office Grantees |
This Police Foundation report to COPS summarizes results of technical assistance rendered to COPS Office grantees involved in implementing crime mapping in community policing, focusing on assessing departmentally-identified needs, issues and interests. |
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2000 COPS ISTEP6 0200.pdf Police Department Information System Technology Enhancement Project |
This report, prepared for COPS, examines the COPS ISTEP project in five communities, focusing on how to make the move to updated technology a successful part of community policing. |
| 2000 Crime Mapping Users Guide 1100.pdf Users' Guide to Mapping Software for Police Agencies |
This Police Foundation report to COPS provides a guide on a wide range of computer mapping and GIS software, focusing on functionality and ease of use by law enforcement officers. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Winter 2000 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on implementing crime mapping into a police department. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Spring 2000 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on how crime mapping and GIS can be used as tools for tactical crime analysis. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Summer 2000 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on regional (cross-jurisdictional) data sharing and crime mapping. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Fall 2000 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on mapping traditional law enforcement data sources (such as crime and calls for service) with other non-policing data sources (such as probation/parole information). |
| 2001 NIJ Crime Mapping Hartford 0301.pdf Crime Mapping and Analysis by Community Groups in Hartford, Connecticut |
This NIJ Research In Brief discusses how community groups in Hartford, Connecticut use crime mapping and analysis tools in connection with community policing. |
| 2001 NIJ Crime Maps Privacy 0701.pdf Privacy in the Information Age: A Guide for Sharing Crime Maps and Spatial Data |
This NIJ report is intended to serve as a guide for law enforcement personnel who are creating and sharing crime maps, and wish to do so in ways that promote crime mapping, privacy and data confidentiality. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Winter 2001 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on international crime analysis and crime mapping efforts. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Spring 2001 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on GIS and school safety. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Summer 2001 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on interactive crime mapping efforts on the Internet. |
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Crime Mapping News: A Quarterly Newsletter for Crime Mapping, GIS and Policing, Fall 2001 |
This Police Foundation crime mapping newsletter covers a variety of issues, focusing on analysis of drug activity by drug and/or law enforcement agencies. |
| 2000
APCO111099 0200.pdf PROJECT 25: New Technology Standards Project-Digital Radio Technical Standards Statement of Requirements, 11/99 |
This APCO document is a Statement of Requirements for Project 25 Digital Radio Technical Standards. |
| 2000
e032k0046 0200.pdf Integrating Community Policing and Computer Mapping: Assessing Issues and Needs Among COPS Office Grantees, 2/00 |
This publication of the Police Foundation Crime Mapping Laboratory reports on the results of a survey of 51 COPS Office grantees to determine the nature and extent of integration of computer mapping into problem oriented and community policing practices. |
| 2000
e102k0703 1000.pdf Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping Information Clearinghouse, 10/00 |
This information resource document, prepared by the Police Foundatioin and COPS, provides a comprehensive list of crime analysis and crime mapping resources, including bibliographic and Internet resources useful to practitioners and researchers. |
| 2000
e10990023 0800.pdf Geocoding in Law Enforcement: Final Report, 8/00 |
This COPS Publication is a discussion of the process of geocoding-bringing tabular and geographic data together based on a common geographic unit of analysis-and some common problems faced when geocoding law enforcement data. |
| 2000
e112k0774 1000.pdf Guidelines to Implement and Evaluate Crime Analysis and Mapping in Law Enforcement, 10/00 |
This COPS Report is meant to serve as a guide for the process of implementing and evaluating crime analysis and mapping for law enforcement agencies that do not currently have the function in place as well as those looking to reevaluate and restructure their current crime analysis and mapping function. |
| 2000 manual_crime_anal 1100.pdf Manual of Crime Analysis Map Production, 11/00 |
This COPS publication begins with a brief examination of the factors to initially consider in developing a crime analysis map (the purpose of the map, the audience of the map, and the types of data to include in the map), follows with a discussion of the types of maps and design elements, and concludes with five comprehensive examples to illustrate the process of crime analysis mapping. |
| 2000
Users_Guide_Update_1100.pdf Users' Guide to Mapping Software for Police Agencies, 11/00 |
This report of the Police Foundation Crime Mapping Laboratory to COPS provides a review of a wide range of software and geographic information systems, focusing on their functionality and ease of use by members of police departments. |
| 2001
CharMeck RMS 0701.pdf Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: Status of KB-COPS Records Management System, 7/01 |
This presentation of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC Police Department discusses the department's migration from a legacy Records Management System (RMS) to a new RMS as part of integrated databases including arrest management, case management, field interview and investigations functions. |
| 2001
FBI NIBRS 0701.ppt NIBRS Publication Series: Proposed Conceptual Design, 5/01 |
This FBI NIBRS presentation discusses the conceptual design and overview of NIBRS and requests guidance from NIBRS users. |
| 2001
FBI Robbery 0701.ppt Robbery Summary Reporting, 7/01 |
This FBI NIBRS presentation discusses statistical information regarding robbery gathered from NIBRS agencies and other agencies. |
| 2001
FBI UCR 0701.ppt Uniform Crime Reporting Automation Project, 7/01 |
This presentation discusses the UCR Automation Project and its goal, development plan, and accomplishments, as well as future plans. |
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Hate Crimes Reported in NIBRS, 1997-99, 9/01 |
This BJS Special Report utilizes data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting Program (NIBRS) to describe hate crimes reported to law enforcement in NIBRS-participating jurisdictions, between 1997 and 1999. |
| 2001
KBI ICBRS 0701.ppt Implementing NIBRS in Kansas, 7/01 |
This presentation of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) discusses the history and current implementation status of incident-based reporting in Kansas, including lessons learned. |
| 2001 KBI web for crime analysis 070.ppt USING THE WEB AND INCIDENT BASED DATA FOR CRIME ANALYSIS, 7/01 |
This presentation of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) discusses the Kansas Criminal Justice Information System Web Portal, including functionality and web views for different criminal justice agency uses (e.g., customized views for domestic violence, crime analysis, offense mapping MO, and offense weapon activity) as well as current limitations. |
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Juvenile Crime in Massachusetts, 5,01 |
This presentation is an analysis of incident data involving juveniles reported by Massachusetts law enforcement to the National Incident-Based Reporting System |
| 2001 NLECTC Applying IT 0301.pdf A Guide for Applying Information Technology in Law Enforcement, 3/01 |
This National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Guide is intended to help law enforcement practitioners plan and implement information systems upgrades and address connectivity and data sharing issues. |
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Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics 7/00 |
This BJS NIBRS Statistical Report presents findings from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) regarding sexual assault, especially of young children. |
| 2001 Suffolk co NIBRS 0701.ppt Transitioning to a NIBRS-compliant R.M.S., 7/01 |
This presentation of the Suffolk County, NY Police Department describes steps taken to a NIBRS-compliant records management system. |
| 2001
Vail PD NIBRS 0701.pdf Steps for Implementing an Incident Based Data System, 7/01 |
This outline, prepared by the Vail, Colorado Police Department, presents a detailed four step process for implementing an incident-based information data system. |
| 2001
VT CIC NIBRS 0701.ppt NON-TACTICAL USES OF NIBRS DATA, 7/01 |
This presentation of the Vermont Crime Information Center is a high-level discussion of the non-tactical uses of NIBRS data, addressing such issues as who requests the data, the kinds of data requested, and common forms of data requests. |
| 2001
VT NIBRS 0701.doc Smart NIBRS Decision-Making, 7/01 |
This presentation outline of David Porteous, NIBRS Coordinator and Trainer for the State of Vermont discusses smart planning decisions, smart purchasing decisions and smart implementation decisions for NIBRS-compliant systems. |
| 2001 VT Norwich Domestic 0701.pdf Using Incident-Based Crime Data to Study Domestic Offending and Adjudication, 7/01 |
This presentation prepared by the Vermont Center for Justice Research discusses the findings of a study using NIBRS Data to examine domestic relationship patterns, arrest and prosecution rates, domestic incident characteristics, and differences between arrest or prosecution cases and non-filed cases. |
| Gunshot Detection Technology | |
| 1999 NIJ Gunshot Detection Systems 1299.pdf Random Gunfire Problems and Gunshot Detection Systems |
This NIJ Research In Brief discusses the findings of two field studies of acoustic sensing systems designed to detect the sound of a muzzle blast from a gun and, within seconds of the shot being fired, triangulate within some margin of error the location from which the shot was fired, before alerting the police about the gunfire. |
| Information Security | |
| 2000 IACP Microsoft Infosec 0500.pdf The 2000 IACP LEIM TRAINING Conference |
This Microsoft presentation to the IACP contains slides describing threats to information security, including example bcase studies on insecure law enforcement Internet sites and records, and outlines building blocks for information security (infosec). |
| Information Sharing Systems | |
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InfoCopTM-Wireless Public Safety: Expectations and Reality |
This presentation to the IACP by InfoCopTM, a partnership of Compaq, Microsoft, Cerulean and CRISNet, presents slides explaining the InfoCopTM offering, and providing information regarding wireless public safety procurement considerations. |
| 2000 IACP DOJ Global Justice Info Network 0500.pdf Global Justice Information Network |
This DOJ presentation to the IACP presents slides explaining the Global Justice Information Network, including its ICJIS vision and mission of information sharing across criminal justice entities and Federal, state and local jurisdiction boundaries, as well as guiding design principles, plans and challenges. |
| 2000
IACP Gen Dynamics ARIES 0600.pdf Requirements Assessments for the Automated Regional Information Exploitation/Sharing System (ARIES) |
This General Dynamics/Computer Systems and Communication presentation to the IACP contains slides describing the ARIES Project, a project to identify information needed and available for law enforcement information sharing in a Central New York Region. |
| IT Management & Strategic Planning | |
| 1998 COPS IT Training 0898.ppt Training For Success |
This COPS presentation contains slides explaining issues unique to IT training, defining a systematic approach for developing IT training in support of Community Oriented Policing, and addressing critical issues that impact the effectiveness of training in support of information technology. |
| 1999 COPS Redeployment 1199.ppt Redeployment 101: Understanding your MORE Grant |
This COPS MORE presentation contains slides defining "Redeployment" for purposes of COPS MORE grants, and explaining the benefits of redeployment and issues for calculating redeployment for COPS MORE purposes. |
| 1999 COPS Vendor Issues 1299.ppt Vendor Issues |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing techniques for law enforcement agencies' communicating and negotiating with vendors on COPS MORE IT projects. |
| 2000
COPS Intro PoliceTechnology 0300.ppt Introduction to Police Technology |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides which introduce and discuss basic technology issues which are the foundation of law enforcement information systems, including: Computer Technology Basics, Networking, Database Technology, Basic Radio Communications, and Wireless Data Communications. |
| 2000 COPS IT Org Change 0100.ppt How Technology Drives Organizational Change |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing that new technology causes change, how law enforcement agencies may anticipate and direct that change or be controlled by it, and includes discussion of the nature of technological change, categories of law enforcement technology change (efficiency, effectiveness and enablement), technology goal setting, organizational engineering, and technology engineering. |
| 2000
COPS IT Strategic Planning 0100.ppt Applying Information Technology in Community Policing |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing how strategic planning can improve information systems used to implement and develop community policing practices |
| 2000
COPS Redepl Benchmarking 0100.ppt Bechmarking: Proving the Payoff |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing Benchmarking of officer effectiveness, efficiency and enablement for purposes of COPS MORE grants, including: What is benchmarking; Why it is important and what it will do for you; and Basic guidelines to establish bench marks |
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A Justice Tutorial: Writing the RFP-The RFP & Other Acquisition Strategies |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discusses the IT procurement process, including: what an RFP is; other available acquisition strategies; how to build a successful process; an outline for writing an RFP; andhe time frames that make up a successful RFP. |
| 2000
COPS Tech Assistance 0100.ppt TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: THE BASICS |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing COPS Program use of technical assistance for COPS Grantees, including: Why there is a need for technical assistance. When technical assistance is needed and provided. What types of technical assistance exist. Who can provide technical assistance. Where to go to get technical assistance. |
| 2000 ILJ Impl Challenges 0100.ppt Implementation Challenges With Technology Projects |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing the process of implementing IT systems, including the components of implementation (i.e., installing and testing hardware and software, providing infrastructure and facilities, migrating and entering data, and integrating with other systems), as well managing the logistics of implementation and training IT administrators and users. |
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Information Systems Technology Enhancement Project (ISTEP) |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing the COPS ISTEP project, a two-year, five agency project funded by COPS to identify information needed by Community Oriented Policing (COP), consider how Information Systems Technology (IST) can support COP, and translate IST requirements into reality |
| 2000
LE Tech Future 0300.ppt The Future of Law Enforcement Information Technology |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing current technology trends, in order to see where technology is headed in the near future, with the primary goal of focusing on the impact and implications of future technologies for law enforcement. |
| 2000 Post Impl Plnning 0100.ppt Post Implementation Planning |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing why post implementation planning is needed, when to start, what to plan for, and related issues. |
| 2000
Project Mgt 0100.ppt Project Management Techniques |
This COPS IT presentation contains slides discussing the Project Management process and tasks, including: Staffing; Organizational Ownership; Creating a Practical Budget; Communications; Risk Management; Project Management Tools; Managing Multi-Agency Projects; and Warning Signs/Symptoms of Failure |
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2000
Reno NV Project Planning 0100.ppt Planning Technology Acquisition for Community Policing |
This presentation, prepared by the City of Reno, NV for the COPS IT Program, contains slides using the Reno, NV case study to discuss the IT planning process, based on the agency's Strategic Plan and Information Technology Strategic Plan, to develop the appropriate Information Technology Project Plan, including: Needs/Outcome Assessment; Procurement; Installation/Implementation; Testing/Acceptance; Training; and Cut-Over |
| Knowledge Management | |
| 2000
IACP Compaq LE Knowledge Mgt 0600.pdf Law Enforcement Knowledge Management |
This Compaq presentation to the IACP contains slides defining the business practice of knowledge management ("Delivering the right information (i.e., in context) to the right person at the right time"), and vision ("Using all the knowledge assets in an extended enterprise to maximize investigative advantage") and describing the components, challenges and value of knowledge management in the law enforcement sector. |
| Laptops & Handheld Devices | |
| 2000 IACP Nashville PD PDAs.pdf Handheld & Ultraportable Computers: Law Enforcement "Tools of the Trade" |
This presentation to the IACP, made by the Nashville, TN PD, discusses various types of handheld and ultraportable computing devices, including features and benefits. |
| 2000
IACP Waynesboro VA PD Digital Cameras.pdf Digital Imaging Issues and Image Verification-Epson IAS (Image Authentication System) |
This presentation to the IACP, made by the Waynesboro, VA PD, discusses the law enforcement uses of digital cameras, their advantages and disadvantages, and image authentication system (IAS) use and security features, typical operation, advantages and disadvantages. |
| Software | |
| 2000 IACP CrisNet Web Workflow.pdf InfoCopTM Web Technology Workflow |
This presentation to the IACP by InfoCopTM, a partnership of Compaq, Microsoft, Cerulean and CRISNet, presents slides discussing the InfoCopTM offering, the benefits of Internet based technology for the Public Safety Information Enterprise |
| VPNs | |
| 2000 IACP RISS LE VPNs 0600.pdf RISSTech: Law Enforcement Orientation to Virtual Private Networks |
This Presentation to the IACP, by the DOJ RISS Office of Information Technology, contains slides discussing: an overview of the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) program, history, and services; the RISS Nationwide Intelligence Network (riss.net); and an overview of when and why Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are used, and how VPNs are developed, built and managed. |
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V-ONE: Security for a Connected World |
This presentation to the IACP by V-ONE discusses what a VPN is, applying VPN technology through network VPN tunneling and client-to-enterprise VPNs, and the V-ONE product line. |
| Wireless Technology | |
| 2000 IACP FBI NCIC2000 Wireless Apps 0600.pdf National Crime Information Center (NCIC) 2000 Wireless Applications Test Program |
This NCIC presentation contains slides describing NCIC background and services, NCIC 2000 service level information and other NCIC 2000 overview information. |
| 2001 NIJ Antenna Sys Guide Pt1 0401.pdf 2001 NIJ Antenna Sys Guide Pt2 0401.pdf 2001 NIJ Antenna Sys Guide Pt3 0401.pdf 2001 NIJ Antenna Sys Guide Pt4 0401.pdf 2001 NIJ Antenna Sys Guide Pt5 0401.pdf 2001
NIJ Antenna Sys Guide Pt6 0401.pdf |
This extensive guide, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, focuses on a key portion or subsystem of the radio communications system-the antenna system-and defines and describes the components of the antenna system as well as the fundamentals and characteristics of the antenna itself. |
| L E Security & Terrorism Technology | |
| 1998 PSWN DLMR CIP Issues 0698.pdf Digital Land Mobile Radio (DLMR) Security Problem Statement |
This PSWN Program problem statement narrative highlights emerging security issues associated with evolving public safety radio communications (Digital Land Mobile Radio (DLMR)) systems, addressing the vital need for security from an infrastructure protection perspective, explains the cause of new security threats and vulnerabilities, and highlights security challenges that face the public safety community. |
| 1998 PSWN DLMR Sec Rpt 1098.pdf Digital Land Mobile Radio (DLMR) System Security Guidelines Recommendations |
This PSWN Program document identifies recommended system security guidelines, including industry best security practices, which agencies may apply to the design implementation and operation of their DLMR systems, and which are intended to improve overall system security among current and developing public safety DLMR systems. |
| 1998 PSWN Sec Field Rpt No1 1098.pdf Security Field Data Collection & Analysis Report: Site #1-800 MHz Analog Trunked Radio System |
This PSWN Program report on an 800 MHz Analog Trunked Radio System, together with the accompanying Security Field Diagram, documents security issues and candidate recommendations identified as part of a series of security field data collection and analysis efforts aimed at raising security awareness and understanding and to help mitigate security risks associated with evolving public safety communications systems. |
| 1999
PSWN Sec Field Diag No1 0899.pdf Security Field Diagram: Site #1-800 MHz Analog Trunked Radio System |
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| 1999
NIJ Local LE Tech to Combat Terror 0199.pdf Inventory of State and Local Law Enforcement Technology Needs to Combat Terrorism |
This NIJ Research In Brief discusses an inventory of State and local law enforcement agencies from the 50 States and the District of Columbia that is being used to determine the technologies needed by these agencies to combat terrorism. |
| 1999 NIJ Security Tech in Schools 0999.pdf The Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools |
This NIJ Research Report provides basic guidelines to law enforcement agencies and school administrators as they decide what, if any, security technologies should be considered as they develop safe school strategies. |
| 1999 PSWN LMR Sec Planning 0899.pdf Land Mobile Radio System Security Planning Template |
This PSWN Program document provides a template to guide the development of security plans for public safety wireless systems, which agencies may apply in developing their Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems, in order to minimize security risks associated with their radio systems. |
| 1999 PSWN LMR Sec Policy 1099.pdf Land Mobile Radio System Recommended Security Policy |
This PSWN Program document outlines a recommended security policy for public safety agencies, which they may apply to the design, implementation and operation of their land mobile radio (LMR) systems, and which are intended to improve overall system security of current and developing public safety LMR systems. |
| 1999 PSWN Sec Field Rpt No2 0799.pdf Security Field Data Collection & Analysis Report: Site #2-Digital Trunked Radio System |
This PSWN Program report on a digital trunked radio system, together with the accompanying Security Field Diagram, documents security issues and candidate recommendations identified as part of a series of security field data collection and analysis efforts aimed at raising security awareness and understanding and to help mitigate security risks associated with evolving public safety communications systems. |
| 1999
PSWN Sec Field Diag No2 0899.doc Security Field Diagram: Site #2-Digital Trunked Radio System |
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| 1999 PSWN Sec Field Rpt No3 0899.pdf Security Field Data Collection & Analysis Report: Site #3-Trunked Radio System |
This PSWN Program report on a trunked radio system, together with the accompanying Security Field Diagram, documents security issues and candidate recommendations identified as part of a series of security field data collection and analysis efforts aimed at raising security awareness and understanding and to help mitigate security risks associated with evolving public safety communications systems. |
| 1999 PSWN Sec Field Rpt No2 0799.pdf Security Field Diagram: Site #3-Trunked Radio System |
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| 1999
PSWN Wireless Security Bklet 1299.pdf Public Safety Communications Security Awareness Guide |
This PSWN Program brochure is a guide to current and emerging public safety communications security issues, which is intended to raise awareness of these issues and to suggest some possible solutions. |
| 2000 NIJ Video Surveillance Equipment Pt1 0600.pdf 2000 NIJ Video Surveillance Equipment Pt2 0600.pdf 2000 NIJ Video Surveillance Equipment Pt3 0600.pdf Video Surveillance Equipment Selection and Appliance Guide |
This report, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, was prepared to inform the reader of the principles that can be used to select video surveillance equipment that will meet the requirements of the typical (or non-typical) application in the environment in which it will be used. |
| 2001
Identix Airport Security White Paper 0901.pdf Identix-securing airports and air travel |
This White Paper published by Identix Incorporated, a vendor of biometric security and authentication solutions, was published shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, and discusses Identix airport security solutions and finger biometric security solutions. |
| 2001 NIJ Concealed Wpns Tech 0201.pdf Guide to the Technologies of Concealed Weapon and Contraband Imaging Detection |
This report, produced as part of the Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program, was prepared to describe to the reader the technology used in hand-held and walk-through metal detectors that is pertinent for use in weapon and contraband detection. |
| 2001
NIJ Electronic Crime Needs Assess 0301.pdf Electronic Crime Needs Assessment for State and Local Law Enforcement |
This NIJ Research Report documents the findings of a study conducted in the fall of 1998 by NIJ in conjunction with the National Cybercrime Training Partnership to assess the needs of State and local law enforcement agencies to combat electronic crime and cyberterrorism. |
| 2001 PSWN Security Briefing 0501.doc Public Safety Communications Security Briefing-Talking Points |
This PSWN Program document contains talking points and outline for presentations on public safety communications briefings intended to raise the audience's awareness of security issues and challenges facing public safety. |
| L E Telecom Technology | |
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| 1998 PSWN 800 MHz Report 0498.pdf Summary Report [800 MHz] |
This PSWN Program Summary Report assesses the relative merits of spectrum around 800 MHz as an operating frequency band for public safety land mobile communications, and the extent to which 800 MHz systems have affected interoperability among public safety entities at all levels of government, with the intent of determining the impact of the 800 MHz band on intra- and inter-jurisdictional interoperability at the local, state, and federal levels. |
| 1998
PSWN CDPD Perf Assessmt 0998.pdf Cellular Digital Packet Data |
This PSWN Program document describes various aspects of cellular digital packet data (CDPD), and is intended to provide broad industry information on CDPD wireless data services. |
| 1998 PSWN Mobile Satelite Serv Assessmt 0598.pdf Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) Report |
This PSWN Program document is a primer for interested parties to become more familiar with aspects of mobile satellite services (MSS), and is intended to provide broad industry information on MSS. |
| 1998
PSWN Nextel Assessmt 0798.pdf Nextel Commercial Services Assessment |
This PSWN Program document is an analysis of Nextel commercial wireless services performed to assess their current or future role in the public safety communications architecture. |
| 1998
PSWN PCS Serv Assessmt 0498.pdf Personal Communications Services (PCS) Report |
This PSWN Program document is a primer for interested parties to become more familiar with aspects of Personal Communications Services (PCS), and is intended to provide broad industry information on PCS. |
| 1998
PSWN State & Local Spectrum Mgt 1198.pdf State and Local Spectrum Management Processes Report |
This PSWN Program report is intended to serve as a "how-to guide" to help state and local agencies with public safety responsibilities obtain frequencies, its objective being to clarify, from a user's perspective, the processes involved in obtaining a frequency assignment, administering the spectrum following assignmnt, and making the underlying spectrum allocations. |
| 1999 FLEWUG Coequal Access Postn Ppr 0899.pdf Enabling Local, State and Federal Partnerships: Federal Co-Equal Access to Non-Federal Spectrum in the 764-776 MHz and 794-806 MHz Frequency Band |
This report of the Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group (FLEWUG) presents questions and answers regarding Federal co-equal access to non-Federal spectrum in the 764-776 MHz and 794-806 MHz frequency band, and is intended to clarify the definition of Federal co-equal access and the conditions where it would be employed. |
| 1999
PSWN Analog Digital Cell Study 0199.pdf Cellular Services |
This PSWN Program document provides information on various aspects of commercial cellular services as they existed as of the date of the report, and is intended to provide broad industry information on commercial cellular services. |
| 1999 PSWN Analog Digital Cell Study Update 0699.pdf Analog Cellular Services |
This PSWN Program document provides information on various aspects of analog commercial cellular services as they existed as of the date of the report, and is intended to provide broad industry information on analog commercial cellular services. |
| 1999
PSWN CAD Services Assessmt 1199.doc Computer-Aided Dispatch |
This PSWN Program document provides information on various aspects of computer-aided dispatch (CAD) as they existed as of the date of the report, and is intended to provide broad industry information on CAD. |
| 1999
PSWN Comml Wireless Data Serv Assessmt 0899.pdf Wireless Data Services |
This PSWN Program document provides information on various aspects of wireless data services as they existed as of the date of the report, and is intended to provide broad industry information on commercial wireless data services. |
| 1999 PSWN Conv and Trunked Radio Comp 0599.pdf Comparisons of Conventional and Trunked Systems |
This PSWN Program document provides an analysis of conventional, trunked and hybrid system architectures to provide background information to public safety system planners on the different architecture alternatives, considering typical (but not vendor-specific) system architectures. |
| 1999
PSWN Fire EMS Interop Study 0499.doc PSWN Program Analysis of Fire and EMS Communications Interoperability |
This PSWN Program study focuses on communications interoperability issues in the fire and emergency medical community, with the goal of establishing a quantitative baseline of information regarding fire and EMS communications interoperability, based on a survey of fire and EMS agencies throughout the country. The survey of fire and EMS agencies is a companion effort to the 1997 National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-sponsored survey of law enforcement interoperability. |
| 1999 PSWN LMR Cost Study 0299.pdf Cost Study Data Characterization Report |
This PSWN Program study is an independent assessment of the data collected during the PSWN Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Replacement Cost Study, and is intended to reflect trends reflected in the responses of those who completed the cost study survey. |
| 1999 PSWN Priority Inv Brochure 1199.pdf Public Safety Wireless Communications Systems-A Priority Investment for America's Future Safety |
This PSWN Program brochure is an overview of the need for strong public leadership, funding, and oversight of public safety radio communications projects, and is intended to raise awareness that improving public safety communications systems is an urgent national need. |
| 1999
PSWN Pub Safety Interop Hndbk 1299.pdf Public Safety and Wireless Communications Interoperability |
This PSWN Program brochure is an overview of the problem of public safety interoperability, what has been done and what needs to be done, and is intended to raise awareness that improving public safety wireless communications interoperability is an urgent national need. |
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1999
PSWN SMR Serv Assessmnt 0199.pdf Specialized Mobile Radio |
This PSWN Program document provides information on various aspects of Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) as they existed as of the date of the report, and is intended to provide broad industry information on commercial wireless data services. |
| 1999 PSWN Spectrum Issues 1299.pdf Spectrum Issues and Analysis Report |
This PSWN Program document analyzes the improvements and advancements on six identified spectrum issues which are essential for the public safety community to establish effective interoperable communications. |
| 2000
IACP AGILE Interoperability 0600.pdf Interoperability: Beyond Communications Problems: Towards Solutions & Resolution |
This NIJ presentation to the IACP describes the Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement (AGILE) program, a comprehensive approach to the problem of interoperability, involving: research, development, testing and evaluation; standards identification; and outreach and technical assistance and mechanisms for information sharing between law enforcement agencies. |
| 2000 IACP Am Mobility RIM Pagers 0600.pdf | This presentation to the IACP on the Research In Motion (RIM) by American Mobile discusses the features and benefits of the RIM pager for license plate, DMV, NCIC and State CIC inquiries. |
| 2000
IACP Emergent Tech NIJ AGILE 0600.pdf National Institute of Justice Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement |
This presentation to the IACP by Emergent Information Technologies, Inc. on the NIJ AGILE Program contains information about various entities involved in the AGILE Program, including the National Association for Search And Rescue and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and its Rapid Image Dissemination (RID) functionality. |
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Motorola iSolutions for Law Enforcement |
This presentation to the IACP by Motorola presents information on Motorola IT solutions to a broad range of law enforcement agency problems. |
| 2000
IACP Vancouver PD Trunked Radio 0500.pdf Trunked Radio and Information Dissemination |
This presentation to the IACP by the Vancouver PD presents the experience of Vancouver PD in changing to consolidated police, fire and ambulance dispatch system incorporating computer aided dispatch (CAD), mobile workstations and records management system (RMS), as a case study, noting technology, business process redesign and training lessons learned. |
| 2000 PSWN Comml Wireless Service Comp 0500.pdf [Commercial Wireless Applicability Report] |
This PSWN Program report provides a tool for public safety communications system planners to help them make informed decisions when considering the use and purchase of commercial wireless services, and identifies key characteristics of these services, analyzes them, and compares and evaluates them based on the communication requirements of the public safety community. |
| 2000
PSWN Hawaii Symposium 1000.pdf Honolulu, Hawaii Post-Symposium Report |
This PSWN Program report summarizes the symposium topics of the PSWN Symposium held in Honolulu in October 2000, including current interoperability and statewide system issues. |
| 2000 PSWN LMR System Dev Rdmap 0800.pdf A Road Map for Systems Development |
This PSWN Program brochure provides a graphical road map for wireless public safety system development, linking development phases with user requirements and associated development steps for the program manager, system managers, technical support staff, budget specialists, spectrum managers, site managers, security specialists and procurement specialists. |
| 2000
PSWN PSWN Program Overview 0500.pdf PSWN Program Overview: Saving Lives Through Improved Communications |
This PSWN Program presentation to the IACP introduces the PSWN Program, describes its approach to improving interoperability, introduces the PSWN State Interoperability Campaign, and provides a summary of recent spectrum policy developments affecting public safety wireless communications. |
| 2000 PSWN St Louis Symposium 0500.pdf St. Louis Post-Symposium Report |
This PSWN Program report summarizes the symposium topics of the PSWN Symposium held in St. Louis in May 2000, including current interoperability issues, Federal interoperability initiatives, partnerships and funding, and a vendor panel discussion. |
| 2000 PSWN State Interop Comm 0400.pdf Public Safety Wireless Network Program White Paper Regarding State Interoperability Executive Committees |
This PSWN Program White Paper outlines PSWN's support for the creation of the State Interoperability Executive Committees as recommended by the Public Safety National Coordination Committee (NCC) |
| 2000 PSWN Symp Comp Rpt 97-99 0200.pdf PSWN Program Symposium Compilation Report, August 1997 - December 1998 |
This PSWN Program report summarizes and synthesizes information related to public safety wireless communications systems which was collected and disseminated at ten PSWN symposia held during 1997 and 1998. |
| 2000 Working Group 800 MHz Best Pracs Gde 1200.pdf Avoiding Interference Between Public Safety Wireless Communications Systems and Commercial Wireless Communications Systems at 800 MHz-A Best Practices Guide |
This document, prepared by a working group made up of various public safety communications systems users and Commercial mobile Radio Service (CMRS) vendors and service providers, addresses the problem of interference to public safety radio networks by CMRS systems and cellular networks, and provides a set of best practices to identify and alleviate such interference, as a guide for parties experiencing commercial/public safety interference. |
| 2001
PSWN Boise Symposium 0201.pdf Boise, Idaho Post-Symposium Report |
This PSWN Program report summarizes the symposium topics of the PSWN Symposium held in Boise, Idaho in February 2001, including current interoperability issues, technical solutions, PSWN's State-level approach, and Federal interoperability initiatives. |
| 2001 PSWN Emerging 4G Apps and Serv Rpt 0801.pdf Emerging Wireless Technologies: 4G Applications and Services |
This PSWN Program document is part of an ongoing assessment of advancements in the wireless communications industry to identify emerging technologies and services of possible benefit to the public safety of the fourth generation of wireless communication technology and beyond. |
| 2001 PSWN LMR Market Analysis 0701.pdf Land Mobile Equipment Market Analysis Report |
This PSWN Program report provides analysis and background information to public safety system administrators and communications systems planners on the different types and capabilities of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) subscriber units (mobile and portable radios). |
| 2001
PSWN LMR Standards Primer 0701.pdf [Land Mobile Radio Standards Primer] |
This PSWN Program document is a primer focusing on the land mobile radio (LMR) system standards development process, and how to become involved in the LMR system standards development process. |
| 2001
PSWN Minneapolis Symposium 0601.pdf Minneapolis, Minnesota Post-Symposium Report |
This PSWN Program report summarizes the symposium topics of the PSWN Symposium held in Minneapolis in June 2001, including current interoperability issues, technical solutions, PSWN's State-level approach, emerging technologies, and Federal interoperability initiatives. |
| 2001 PSWN Radiospectrum Value Guide 0201.pdf Public Safety Radio Spectrum: A Vital Resource for Saving Lives and Protecting Property |
This PSWN Program document is a brochure describing the enormous recent growth in the use of mobile telecommunications and in the demand for spectrum, and is intended to raise awareness of the enormous need for additional public safety spectrum. |
| 2001
PSWN Standards Awareness Guide 0101.pdf Public Safety Wireless Communications Standards Awareness Guide |
This PSWN Program brochure discusses the progress made toward development of public safety wireless standards and the vital need for continued progress in the standards development, and is intended to raise awareness of standards-related issues and suggest some possible solutions. |
| 2001 PSWN Sys Dev How To Guide 0101.pdf How2 Guide for Systems Planning, Development and Procurement |
This PSWN Program document covers issues essential to successful planning, design and procurement of a regional or statewide radio communications system, in the following phases: system planning, requirements analysis, design and engineering, and procurement. |
| 2001
PSWN Wireless Apps to Car PIB 0401.doc Bringing Wireless Data Applications To The Patrol Car |
This PSWN Program Information Brief provides a comprehensive introduction to moving to wireless data systems, focusing on the experience of eight data collection law enforcement agencies and lessons learned. |
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| 1999 PSWN Comm Wireline Serv Assessmt.pdf Commercial Wired Service Assessment |
This PSWN Program report discusses traditional and emerging commercial wireline technologies and their applications, including their benefits and limitations. |
| 2001 US Cong 107-31 E911 0601.pdf Ensuring Compatibility With Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems: A Progress Report, 6/01 |
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