What's New on IACP Net?

Whatever you're working on, chances are another IACP Net member has already faced a similar issue. By utilizing the Quest-Response service, you can build off the success of other law enforcement leaders to accomplish your task quickly. If you'd like to post a Quest but are not sure how, contact your customer service associate at 800.227.9640.

Your IACP Net membership gives your agency the opportunity to participate in Pursuits, the online pursuit tracking service. By utilizing Pursuits, you empower your command staff and supervisors to make better pursuit-related decisions based on hard data. You can record, report, and track your agency's pursuits, as well as compare your outcomes to state and national averages.

For more information on how to participate in Pursuits, check out the customer bulletin, or call your customer service associate.

Every investigator possesses an arsenal of investigation techniques and resources which are collected throughout a career. Often, these tools are tweaked by the individual and later applied to a wide variety of cases. While computer-related crime utilizes a new category of investigation techniques, these methods can be used by anyone, including law enforcement, in the investigation of non-computer crimes as well. This article demonstrated possibilities just waiting to be utilized in daily investigations. And they're all free of charge. This document is located in the Core Database under document #612549.

Two expert witnesses with Force Science backgrounds are believed to have been influential in a jury's recent decision to reject a murder conviction of a former transit officer accused of deliberately shooting an unarmed suspect in the back during a handcuffing scuffle. The witnesses testified in detail how a combination of inadequate training and psychological stress phenomena most likely led to a tragic accident in which the officer mistakenly drew his sidearm instead of his X26 Taser while trying to restrain the struggling suspect. The prosecution had claimed the incident was one of intentional homicide by an out-of-control cop. This document is located in the Core Database under document #612544.

IACP Net is rewarding one lucky member with a trip to the 2010 IACP Conference in Orlando, Florida. To enter, simply respond to two or more Quests in our Quest-Response service any month through September 2010. For each month that you qualify, you will receive an entry into our drawing for up to $1,000 in reimbursed travel expenses plus one paid conference registration, up to $350.

Log on today to assist other departments with your experiences by answering a Quest or two. For complete rules, see the Quest-Response Recognition Program customer bulletin, available on IACP Net.

IACP Net is the resource to turn to for free training opportunities, with over 170 free events listed on the site presently. To find the ones that fit your agency's training schedule, visit the Calendar section under Current Affairs and search with keyword "$0".

Misplaced IDs and passwords? Not finding a particular document? Call 800.227.9640 or e-mail iacpservice@login-inc.com and IACP Net's customer service team will assist you, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time.

IACP Net Alert highlights some recent additions to the online information resource for the business side of policing, www.iacpnet.com.

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