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• Accident Reconstruction Calculator
  This shareware program was written by a Traffic Accident Investigator for the use of Traffic Accident Investigators & Reconstructionists. While there are several DOS based Accident calculators on the market, there were no Windows based programs that were inexpensive and available without a major outlay by either an individual accident investigator or a small police department.
  
  
• Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction
  The Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) is an internationally recognized commission with approximately 500 ACTAR Accredited Reconstructionists practicing throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. These Accredited Reconstructionists are engineers, police officers, consultants, former police officers and those of other backgrounds working in the profession.
  
  
• Crash
  Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) formed in 1990 to help end the devastating problem of truck crashes. CRASH is a nationwide, grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to improving overall truck safety in the U.S. and eliminating the unnecessary deaths and injuries caused by truck crashes every year.
  
  
• Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI)    (An Excellent Site for Data.)
  A nonprofit, public service organization that gathers, processes, and publishes data on the ways in which insurance losses vary among different kinds of vehicles. It is closely associated with and funded through the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which is wholly supported by automobile insurers.
  
  
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety  (Another Excellent Site for Data.)
  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is dedicated to reducing highway crash deaths, injuries, and property damage losses. It is an independent, nonprofit, research and communications organization wholly supported by automobile insurers. Institute research and communications products are used worldwide by policy makers, auto makers, and consumers.
  
  
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  Drunk driving and accident statistics.
  
  
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), under the Department of Transportation, was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970, as the successor to the National Highway Safety Bureau, to carry out safety programs under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Highway Safety Act of 1966. It also carries out consumer programs established by the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, enacted in 1972.
  
  
• Police Officer, Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Scale Diagrams
  To serve as a consultant in the field of Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction; providing professional investigative techniques in reviewing and analyzing all accident data.
  
  
• Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin
  TARO is like any technical journal. It contains articles of a technical nature that report on the evolving state of traffic accident reconstruction.

• Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA)
  The Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) is dedicated to Law Enforcement Officers who use aircraft to support their fellow peace keepers working on the surface. This includes all who support the tool by which we use.
  
  

• Boeing Law Enforcement and Medivac Helicopters
  Mostly photos of helicopters used by Law Enforcement.
  
  

• Police Department Air Support Model Proposal
  This proposal was prepared in February 1995 by Robert A. Gardner, CPP CSP for the Police Department of a prominent Southern California City. The document was never brought before the City Council for approval. Leadership of the City involved does not believe that Police Aviation is appropriate for the City. Consequently, the Police Department to present the proposal. This proposal was modified slightly for publication in the Virtual Security Library. Modifications were limited to changes necessary to protect the identity of the City.

• International Association of Arson Investigators, National Chapter
  IAAI consists of approximately 9,000 of the best fire investigation professionals in the world, united by a strong commitment to the suppression of the crime of arson.
  
  
• International Association of Arson Investigators, North Carolina Chapter
  IAAI consists of approximately 9,000 of the best fire investigation professionals in the world, and over 750 members in the North Carolina Chapter, united by a strong commitment to the suppression of the crime of arson.

• Assault Prevention Information Network
  Strategies about safety precautions, real life self-defense stories, learn how to protect your children, find a self-defense course in your area (now over 50 organizations listed!), learn how to evaluate a self defense course, debunk self defense myths (including a letter from Mace Security International), ponder the relationship between martial arts and self defense, learn about workplace violence, contribute your knowledge and questions and more .
  
  

• Dealing with Workplace Violence: A Guide for Agency Planners
  This handbook, developed by the Office of Personnel Management and the Interagency Working Group on Violence in the Workplace, is the result of a cooperative effort of many Federal agencies sharing their expertise in preventing and dealing with workplace violence. It is intended to assist those who are responsible for establishing workplace violence initiatives at their agencies. However, we anticipate that its usefulness will extend well beyond the planning phase since many of the chapters provide information that can be helpful for managers and specialists as they deal with difficult workplace violence situations.
  
  

• Guidelines for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs for Night Retail Establishments
  From OSHA, this is a working draft document with research and data.  The final document will be advisory in nature and informational in content for employers seeking to provide workplace violence prevention strategies.
  
  

• Threat Assessment: An Approach To Prevent Targeted Violence
  This Research in Action discusses operational and investigative tools and approaches that can be effectively used to recognize, evaluate, and manage the risks of targeted violence before crimes occur.  Series: NIJ Research in Action, Published: September 1995, 14 pages 29,637 bytes, NCJ 155000, by Robert A. Fein, Ph.D., Bryan Vossekuil, and Gwen A. Holden.

• International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI)
  The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) was formed in 1952 in order to improve
  communication and coordination among the growing family of professional auto theft investigators.
  It has grown to over 2,000 members representing over 33 countries and includes representatives of law
  enforcement agencies, as well as many others with a legitimate interest in auto theft investigation,
  prevention and education.
  
  
• License Plates of the World
  Explore the World of of License Plates.

• Bike Patrol, Keene, New Hampshire Police Department
  In June of 1993 the Keene, New Hampshire Police Department began a UNIFORM BICYCLE PATROL. This was preceded by several weeks of research involving various officers in the department. Several decisions were made, including which bicycles would be used, what type of training would be conducted and the areas of police work that would be targeted and affected.
  

• Bike Squad, North Vancouver RCMP
  In spite of having pretty hilly terrain, North Vancouver RCMP operates a 5 member Bicycle Squad. Their duties include much of the same work done by the General Duty police constables, with the advantage that they have greater freedom to roam both City and District and look for trouble spots rather than having to respond to radio calls for service. A large portion of their time is spent in both liquor and drug enforcement activities.
  
  

• International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA)
  The International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) was formed in 1992 as a resource for departments to share ideas, training tips, patrol tactics, information about uniforms, and safety concerns regarding bicycle patrols.

• Bomb Squad, Virginia Beach Police, Virginia Beach, Va.
  The official site of the Virginia Beach Police Department Bomb Squad.  Contact information is availible
  at this site.
  
  
  
• FBI Explosives Unit-Bomb Data Center
  Excerpt from ENN EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORT-Saturday, May 3, 1997 Vol. 1, No. 123
  
  
  

• Letter and Package Bomb Indicators
  From EmergencyNet NEWS Archives, 1994; Document Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Inspector's Office.
  
  

Expected Punishment for Burglary, National Center for Policy Analysis In the United States, about half of all burglaries are reported to the police, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey.   "Expected punishment" is a way of measuring the cost of committing a crime. It is not the same as the length of time criminals stay in prison. How to Prevent a Home Burglary Check list used to help reduce your risk to home burglaries. Preventing Burglaries Burglary is a crime of opportunity.  Site has check list to access your risk

• Rate Your Risk of Burglary
  This test lets you rate your actual risk of being burglarized in your home or apartment. This test uses known risk factors taken from executive security courses, police detectives and security consultants.  The test was developed by the Metro Nashville Police Department.

• Center for Children in Crisis
  To identify and to protect abused and neglected children, provide comprehensive treatment to incest victims and their families and prevent child abuse through education and social change.
  
  
• Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
  By Jim Hopper, Ph.D., a Research Coordinator and Psychology Fellow at the Trauma Center of HRI Hospital in Brookline, Massachusetts.
  
  
• Child Lures
  Here, you will find invaluable information on keeping children safe from sexual abuse and abduction.  Child Lures is endorsed by The American Academy of Pediatrics and has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, Leeza, 48 Hours & Prime Time Live.
  
  
• Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation, Parental Guidelines
  From "Child Find", parental guidelines in case your child might someday be the victim of sexual abuse or exploitation.
  
  
• Pedowatch
  Monitoring Pedophilia (Paedophilia) on the Internet.

• Community Policing Consortium
  The Community Policing Consortium was created and funded in 1993 as a multiphase project by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). During Phase I, the Consortium was composed of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); National Sheriffs' Association (NSA); Police Executive Research Forum (PERF); and Police Foundation.
  
  
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), United States Department of Justice
  Help communities better fight crime, the COPS Office is dedicated to putting 100,000 additional officers on America's streets and to promoting community policing strategies nationwide.  Their  work is part of the U.S. Department of Justice's comprehensive approach to combating crime.
  
  
• Partners in Developing Community Leadership
  (Christopher Newport University & The Newport News Police Department)
  The Newport News Police Department is a national leader in community policing. Officers who work in a community-policing environment have a direct impact on the areas and citizens they serve.   In concert with citizen and business leaders, officers identify problems in the community and take steps to solve those problems.   Officers, in essence, become leaders in their assigned areas.   They must have the ability to mobilize the community in identifying and solving neighborhood problems.

• The Other Side of the Wall
  Arnold Erickson, a staff attorney at the Prison Law Office, solely is responsible for this site.  Although this site focuses on California prisons, much of its material may be relevant to other states as well.

• Academic Crime Statistics Link Guide
  State by state data links through State Universities.
  
  
• Crime Archive on the Internet
  Homepage of the mass-murdering serial killer. Everything you wanted to know about serial killers, mass murderers, killer cults and cannibals. serial killer, serial homicide, killer, killing, unsolved murder, serial murder, spree killer, murder, murderer, crime, mayhem, lust killer, Armageddon, death penalty, suicide, morgue, electric chair, necrophilia, Satanism, apocalypse, cannibalism, cannibals, mutilation, crime archives, FBI, police, psychology, criminology, psychological profile, sex crime, poison, rape, mutilation, history, cunanan, Andrew cunanan, abnormal psychology, antisocial personality, madness', mendoza, lustmord, disorder, anarchy, dismemberment, execution, Internet crime archives, creepy people, killer cults, subculture, mass murder, mass murderer, slaughter, chaos, counter culture, rampage, law, lawless, piracy, anticopyright, millennium, bodycount, morgue, creepy stuff, end of the world, evil, heaven's gate.
  

• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
  The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Available at this site are over 600 tables and 4 figures from more than 100 sources.

• Child Lures
  Here, you will find invaluable information on keeping children safe from sexual abuse and abduction.  Child Lures is endorsed by The American Academy of Pediatrics and has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, Leeza, 48 Hours & Prime Time Live.
  
  
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED (pronounced sep-ted), is a relatively new concept. The idea of using the physical environment as protection against attack may to date back to the cavemen. However, it wasn't until recently that the problem of creating a defensive environment was approached from both the physical and the psychological aspects at the same time. This blend of disciplines is the essence of the CPTED concept.
  
  
• International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners
  Members of the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners (ISCPP) are your colleagues....
  concerned about the effect of crime on our way of life....working together to prevent crime.
  
  
• International Association of Crime Analysts
  An organization where the communication among police chiefs, police officers, crime analysts, detectives, security personnel, and other people interested in tracking and analyzing crime data in a scholarly manner and network together into an international association.
  
  
• National Crime Prevention Council On-Line Resource Center  (It has it all!)
  CPC's on-line resource center offers crime prevention tips for self, home, and family; community policing; neighborhood building; plus information on McGruff and the 'Take a Bite Out of Crime' campaign.
  
  
• Policing for Crime Prevention, By Lawrence W. Sherman  (Very in-depth study)
  The more police we have, the less crime there will be. While citizens and public officials often espouse that view, social scientists often claim the opposite extreme: that police make only minimal contributions to crime prevention in the context of far more powerful social institutions, like the family and labor markets. The truth appears to lie in between.

• Implement Curfews for Youth
  The 1990s have witnessed the dramatic rise in evening curfews for young people.  Curfews initially raised many legal issues, but well-crafted municipal ordinances have survived constitutional challenges.  By 1995 a U.S. Conference of Mayors survey found that seven out of ten cities had enacted youth curfews to protect law-abiding youth as well as the community from juvenile offenders and gang-related crime.
  
  
• Teen Values Address "Curfew," USA Weekend
  TEENS & FREEDOM 10th annual survey results.  Results roundup: What 218,350 teens said about freedom and rules.  Complete national survey results, plus look at the differences among several cities across the nation.

• CLEAF: Computers in Law Enforcement Advocacy Forum
  An electronic magazine of law enforcement professionals and advocates with a special interest in computer and electronic technology and how that technology can make policing and police officers more effective and efficient as we move into the next century.  CLEAF is a non-profit organization, which was formed for the purpose of sharing ideas, benefitting from one anothers' expertise and experience, and providing referrals and resources, especially to small and medium-sized agencies contemplating the implementation or upgrade of technology-based solutions to modern policing problems.
  
  
• Computer Crime Reference Index  (One stop shopping here, surf no more.)
  This site has it all.  It has a 3,000 URL search engine, information on periodicals, other sites, legal resources
  and much, much more.
  
  
• Cybercop Home Page
  One of the reasons that @Cybercop.org came into existence was to encourage private sector businesses,
  foundations, educational institutions and individuals to assist law enforcement in their efforts to train the
  cybercops who serve and protect the very community that many of those businesses have helped build.

• Cops' D.A.R.E. Links
  A list of Cops' D.A.R.E. links, most of which came from an honorable and dedicated policeman who happens to teach D.A.R.E. classes. Posted here as a research tool and starting point to opening communication and supporting dialog on related issues.
  
  
• "DARE PROJECTS"
  Here you will find examples of students' work from schools in Jacksonville, Florida.   It is operated by the Sheriff's office in partnership with the Duval County School System.

• Policescanner.com
  Live Police and Fire scanning from several major cities.
  
  
• Scanner
  The most current listing of Public Safety Broadcast on the Internet.   Live Police and Fire Broadcasts.

• American Bar Association Domestic Violence Home Page
  The American Bar Association's newly created Commission on Domestic Violence has researched model domestic violence programs across the country in an effort to understand why they work.  This site is packed with information and links.
  
  
• Domestic Violence: The Facts!
  Founded in 1980 by Esta Soler, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FUND) is a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform. The central mission of the FUND is to stem the epidemic of violence in our homes. Throughout its history, the FUND has developed pioneering prevention strategies in the justice, public education, and health fields. FUND publications and model programs have been distributed to and replicated in every state and several foreign countries.
  
  
• Domestic Violence Unit, Virginia Beach Police Department (Va.)
  Excellent research gateway authored by Detective D.D. Morris, Va. Beach P.D., Domestic Violence Unit.  The Virginia Beach Police Department supports a mandatory arrest policy in incidents involving domestic violence where probable cause exists.
  
  
• Husband Battering
  Battered husbands have historically been either ignored or subjected to ridicule and abuse.  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.-- Proverbs 21:9 (KJV)

• American Automobile Manufacturers Association
  The American Automobile Manufacturers Association is the trade association whose members are America's car companies: Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation. AAMA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its principal engineering office in Detroit, Michigan.
  
  
• Drink Wheel Page, The Intoximeters Inc.
  The Intoximeters Inc. "Drink Wheel"1 is a form that you can fill out. Upon completion we will instantly compute your estimated blood/breath alcohol concentration ("BAC") based on the information that you have provided and return that estimate to you. It is presented as a public service to Intoximeters web site visitors. Its primary purpose is to provide useful information about the responsible use of alcohol.
  
  
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  Drunk driving and accident statistics.

• Drug Related Street Terms/Slang Words
  Just like the title says.  There is also a download Word document on the site.  The document is 44 pages.  Drug abuse signs, symptoms and information with photos are attached as a link to the site.
  
  
• Drug Statistics
  U.S. and Indiana Prevention Resource Center.
  
  
• On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang
  The Indiana Prevention Resource Center on-line dictionary contains nearly 1,800 street drug slang terms from the Indiana Prevention Resource Center files, with more than 1,200 additions from the National Drug and Crime Clearinghouse slang term list.

• APB Online
  Major cases: in-depth coverage of top stories.  The Source for Police and Crime News, Information and Entertainment.
  
  
• Bonnie and Clyde's Hideout
  By 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow had led scores of police on a deadly cat and mouse chase in the American southwest, covering thousands of miles of back country roads, until a posse of six men, set a deadly ambush, which ended their lives and started their legend...
  
  
• JonBenet Ramsey Murder, Yahoo's Full Coverage
  Excellent source for a full variety of sites detailing every facet of the case.
  • JonBenet Ramsey Homicide Web Sites
    Over 100 links to an assortment of information about JonBenet.
    
    
• Lizzie Borden
  "Lizzie Borden took an axe gave her mother forty whacks when she saw what she had done  she gave her father forty one."
  
  
• The Oklahoma Bomb Trial
  The Only Trial Site Featuring: Trial updates posted every evening in COURTROOM,  Full-text of government and court DOCUMENTS, Evidence Locker and In-depth reports in ARTICLES, Recording of actual explosion in AUDIO & VIDEO, Bomb events illustrated with interactive MAPS, New commentary from our readers in OTHER VOICES.
  
  
• O.J. Simpson Trial Center, Dmitri's
  The largest collection of pictures of the O.J. Simpson trial evidence on the World-Wide Web.  The most extensive archive on the heated alt.fan.oj-simpson discussion of the trial of the century.  The largest collection of O.J. links.  The links are classified and partly annotated to simplify your search for O.J.-related sites on the WWW.
  
  
• Unabomber, Pathfinder Feature
  Has everything on site to appreciate the entire case.   There is evidence for review, links to other sites and a forum to discuss the case.

• National Rifle Association of America
  Homepage established 1994 by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action.
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS, Inc.®
  A membership organization which was organized in 1981 by a group of concerned firearms instructors. They recognized the need for a way to update and modernize the instruction and teaching techniques being used to train the majority of law enforcement officers.
  
  
• Smith and Wesson - Law Enforcement
  The "Official" home page.  Smith & Wesson, manufacturing quality firearms for over a century.
  
  
• The Unofficial Heckler and Koch USP Home Page
  Dedicated to providing information about the Heckler & Koch USP and general information to all shooting enthusiasts.
  
  
• The Unofficial Sig Sauer Home Page
  This page is specifically dedicated to supporting the on-line SIG-Sauer gun-owning community, and shooting enthusiasts in general.  This is NOT a commercial page.  The Unofficial SIG-Sauer Home Page is sponsored by the UC Irvine Gun Club.

• American National Red Cross
  American Red Cross -- Learn water safety, take CPR, or give blood and help save a life
  
  
• Emergi-Page: First Aid Tips
  Knowing what to do in the first minutes after an emergency has occurred can make a big difference in the outcome. Although this page is no substitute for a formal first aid and CPR course, reviewing this information can help you to be better prepared for that unexpected crisis.

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a professional society dedicated to the application of science to the law. Its membership includes physicians, criminalists, toxicologists, attorneys, dentists, physical anthropologists, document examiners, engineers, psychiatrists, educators and others who practice and perform research in the many diverse fields relating to forensic science. The members of the Academy reside in all 50 United States, Canada and 50 other countries throughout the world.
  
  
• Crime Scene Investigation  (Excellent site for a complete overview of crime scene dynamics.)
  Crime Scene Investigation information including Documenting Crime Scenes (with Photography, Video, and Diagrams) and the Collection and Preservation of Evidence. Includes links to Forensic Web Pages.
  
  
• Crime Scene Training Update
  The Online Journal for Crime Scene Investigators.  Articles on crime scene investigation, reconstruction and analysis.
  
  
• Division of Forensic Science (DFS), Virginia
  The Division of Forensic Science (DFS) is a nationally accredited forensic laboratory system serving all state and local law enforcement agencies, medical examiners, and Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia.
  
  
• Forensic Entomology Home Page  (Loaded with information and case studies.)
  Forensic entomology is the use of insect knowledge in the investigation of crimes.
  
  
• Forensic Psychiatry & Medicine, Harold J. Bursztajn, MD  (Packed with research and case study.)
  A forensic psychiatrist is a physician who integrates clinical experience and scientific knowledge of medicine and mental health to form an independent, objective opinion. Relevant data is gathered and analyzed as part of a process of alternative hypothesis testing to formulate an expert medical/psychiatric opinion.
  
  
• United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
  The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory is a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) and is responsible for examining evidence from crimes of military interest, from anywhere.
  
  
• US Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab
  Communicating with national and international wildlife law enforcement user groups, as well as with the general public.  They are a federal law enforcement crime lab....very much like the FBI crime lab....except that the crimes they investigate involve animals instead of people, and their evidence is....well....different.
  
  
• Why Files, The Science of Crime
  See how scientists and forensic experts use technology to analyze evidence from crime scenes.
  
  
• Zeno's Forensic Page (This site is talked about throughout the Internet.)
  On Zeno's Forensic Page you can find information on forensic science, forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry.

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  The Association was formed in 1988 to provide a forum for professionals who investigate fraud in all of its many and varied forms.
  
  
• Better Business Bureau
  The Better Business Bureau provides instant access to business and consumer alerts as well as helpful resources. Plus, you can file a complaint online and more. This web site is provided by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., and the BBB system of over 150 Bureaus located throughout the United States and Canada.
  
  
• Fraud Information Center
  A central clearinghouse for fraud-related information.
  
  
• Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)  (File a complaint through this site.)
  A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).  IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at all levels, IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends.
  
  
• National Fraud Information Center
  The NFIC was originally established in 1992 by the National Consumers League, the oldest nonprofit consumer organization in the United States, to fight the growing menace of telemarketing fraud by improving prevention and enforcement.
  
  
• National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
  The NW3C provides nationwide support services for enforcement agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime.
  
  
• United States Consumer Gateway
  This federal guidebook is divided into two sections: the first, on buying and selling products and services, and the second, a directory of federal, state, municipal, and corporate consumer contacts.

• American Gang Information Center
  Assorted gang pictures and a number of links to other gang information sources.
  
  
• Criminal Justice Resources: Gangs (Excellent site for in-depth research on youth gangs.)
  Provided through the library at Michigan State University,  This compilation of resources focuses mostly on youth gangs.
  
  
• Gangs
  From the "virtuallibrarian" a searchable index to the entire database (over 3000 links).
  
  
• Gangs or Us
  Assist parents, teachers, law enforcement and corrections personnel, as well as concerned citizens, in determining if street or prison gangs are in your community or corrections facility.
  
  
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Gang Investigator's Network (MARGIN)
  An organization consisting of federal, state and local law enforcement/criminal justice officers, representing over 75 separate agencies from throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.  The primary goal of the network is to enhance officer safety by providing relevant gang information to law enforcement officers and for the overall public safety.
  
  
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Gangs
  NCJRC has a variety of information avilable in HTML and PDf format.
  
  
• National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)
  The proliferation of gang problems in large and small cities, suburbs, and even rural areas over the last two decades led to the development of a comprehensive, coordinated response to America’s gang problem by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The OJJDP response involves five major components, one of which is the implementation and operation of the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC).
  

• Association of Gypsies/Romani International, Inc.
  Association of Gypsies/Romani International, Inc. is a not-for-profit association with the intention of giving glory to GOD, of preserving, maintaining, promoting our Gypsy race, culture, ethnicity, pride and integrity.
  
  
• Review of Officer Louis Sgro's speech on FORTUNE TELLING AND THE LAW by Eric Krieg
  On April 20th at the Bensalem Library, a number of us were treated to a riveting talk about criminal aspects of fortune telling and other crimes. Lou is a 30 veteran of the Philadelphia force and a member of several law enforcement groups focused on confidence crimes.

• Agency for Health Care and Policy Research
  Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services.
  
  
• Department of Health and Human Services
  The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
  
  
• Health Care Financing Administration
  The federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs.
  
  
• Heavy Badge, The effects of Stress on Law Enforcement Officers and their Families
  This site was written by Daniel A. Goldfarb , Ph.D., and Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D.  They run a counseling center for Long Island Law Enforcement Officers Since 1984.  The site explores the effects of stress on Law Enforcement personnel.   There is a wealth of information about the stresses that officers encounter and recommendations on how to deal with the stress.  Particularly helpful is "15 Signs Your Officer's Lives Are Too Complicated."
  
  
• National Center for Disease Control
  The Nation's prevention agency, who's mission is "To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."
  
  
• National Center for Health Statistics
  The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
  
  
• Post Trauma Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Police Officers
  The purpose of this site is to make more people aware and of the causes and effects of Post Trauma Stress Disorder (PTSD) on law enforcement officers and other emergency personnel, and the danger it can pose if untreated, to the deputy/officer/fireman/paramedic/nurse/doctor, their loved ones, peers, their Department and the general public.
  
  
• Wellness Technology for Narcotics Enforcement
  Written by: LAWRENCE N. BLUM, PH.D., INC., CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST; The article was originally written for narcotics officers, the nature of their assignment being unique in reference to stress and posttraumatic stress. However, the vast majority of this article applies to the day to day work of most police officers. I suggest that when you see the words "narcotics officer", you ignore the "narcotics" part and consider it for anyone involved in law enforcement.   This article is lengthy and very well detailed, covering many different subjects relates to stress, posttraumatic stress, coping, biochemistry and what to do about all of this.

• Practical Homicide Investigation
  P.H.I. Investigative Consultants, Inc. is a New York based corporation which provides state-of-the-art
  instruction and consultation in homicide and forensic case investigations for a number of law
  enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada.
  
  
• Rate Your Risk of Being Murdered
  This test lets you rate your actual risk of being murdered. This test uses known risk factors taken from executive security courses, police detectives and security consultants. This test  gives you an easy (and free) way to determine what life style actions, habits or associations will raise or lower your risks. The test was developed by the Metro Nashville Police Department.

• Hostage Situations, By: Lt. Peter J., Pranzo, Ret. New York City Police Department
  The hostage situation is one of the most terrifying and dangerous police-involved incidents today. If handled correctly, lives are saved, property is kept intact and a police department stands tall in achievement. Mishandling, however, can mean bloodshed, death, widespread housing and property damage, and a concerted distrust for either a large metropolitan police department or small local enforcement agency.
  
  

• International Journal of Police Negotiations and Crisis Management
  The International Journal of Police Negotiations and Crisis Management is sponsored by the Society of Police and Criminal Psychologists and is published twice per year.  The Journal is dedicated to the exchange of information and the furtherance of professional ethics and guidelines in the development and application of effective techniques and procedures for law enforcement and mental health personnel in the areas of hostage negotiations and crisis intervention.

Eventually this section will host articles written by Law Enforcement Officers.
Until then, please visit our:

• Law Enforcement Humor and Literature Site
  You will enjoy many of the sites in this section.   Do you want to arrest yourself?  Would like to know what it takes to be a City of Virginia Beach Police Officer?  How about some really dumb criminals?  It's all there for your enjoyment.

• The K9 Officer's Reference Page    
  Information that is both entertaining and useful to the men and women and their canine partners, who risk their lives daily to make this world just a little safer for all of us, general public and law enforcers alike!
  
  
• North American Police Work Dog Association
  Police work dog organization composed of law enforcement officers throughout the United States and several other countries.  Their mission is that they are "Dedicated to Assisting Police Work Dog Teams Throughout the World."
  
  
• United States Police K-9 Association
  The United States Police Canine Association became the largest and oldest active organization of its kind-"Ever Striving for the Betterment of all Police K-9" - in August, 1971 when the two existing Associations, namely the Police K-9 Association and the United States K-9 Association merged.
  
  
• Virginia Police Work Dog Association
  The Virginia Police Work Dog Association is a non profit organization whose goals are to assist police  K-9 teams in the state of Virginia and throughout the country.  They conduct seminars and certify K-9 teams in, Patrol/Utility, Narcotic Detection, Explosive Detection.  The Association is open to all members of Law Enforcement and they offer Associate Memberships to qualified citizens who are sponsored by a current member.
  

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• American Bar Association
  Learn about the structure and governance of the ABA, keep up on ABA news and their monthly membership magazine, as well as learn about membership information and services.
  
  
• American Civil Liberties Union
  The nation's foremost advocate of individual rights -- litigating, legislating, and educating the public on
  a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
  
  
• International Municipal Lawyers Association
  The International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA, formerly the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers) is a nonprofit professional organization that has provided services and programs to local government lawyers since 1935. IMLA is the oldest and largest association of attorneys who represent local governments.
  
  
• Virginia Bar Association Online
  The Virginia Bar Association, established in 1888, has grown to a membership of well over 5000. The VBA cooperatively and effectively focuses the resources, talents and expertise of its members to work collegially, striving to serve the Commonwealth and the bar through law reform, service to its members and to the public, and help in law practice management.  The VBA works to keep lawyers informed of legal issues and public policy, giving the legal community a concerned effective voice on these issues. The VBA sees continuing education and activism as vital to the advancement of the profession today in a rapidly changing society.

• FLSA Home Page
  (A Table of Contents, FAQ's and an assortment of very informative data surrounding the "Fair Labor Standards Act" and Public Safety as provided by the law firm of Chamberlain and Kaufman.)
  

• Family and Medical Leave Act
  Public Law 103-3, Enacted February 5, 1993, An Act, To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances.

• Delaware State Police SCUBA Unit
  The Scuba Team is currently under the leadership of Lieutenant Robert C. Hawkins and has a total of nine members. The team trains twice monthly at different sites around the state and is responsible for the rescue and/or recovery of drowned persons, homicide victims, evidence, and vehicles. The team also maintains an airboat that can be utilized by any department or investigation upon request for the use of searching inland waterways and marshes.
  
  

• Marine Patrol Association
  The Marine Patrol Association is a non-profit networking and training group made up of  individuals
  involved in Marine Law Enforcement from throughout the United States and several other countries.
  The MPA was established in 1993 to support and promote joint cooperation between Maritime Law
  Enforcement Officers and Agencies.
  
  

• Public Safety Diver Page
  This page is devoted to divers, surface personnel, and other staff of a DIVE TEAM who undertake the dangerous and demanding task of providing Public Safety Diving/Police Diving to their community.

• Mounted Police Training & Equipment Co. Site Index
  Mounted Police Officer Certification Program and sales of Protective Equipment for Horse and Rider and for Tactical & Corrections Officers. Also, desensitizing training for civilian horses.

• Motorman's Web Page
  A page dedicated to the Police Motorcycle Officer.
  
  

• Ronnie Cramer's MOTORCYCLE WEB INDEX
  Everything about every kind of motorcycle can be found here.

• Occult Archive
  An assortment of links which will take to sites in each listed category.
  
  
• Shawn's Archive of Occult Sites
  Hundreds on links broken up by category which additionally includes News Groups and FTP sites.

• Criminal Justice Resources: Organized Crime (Excellent links to resources and information.)
  Provided through the library of Michigan State University, a compilation of resources focused on adult gangs, gangsters, the Mafia, and international gangs.
  
  

• Gang Land
  The world's most comprehensive web site on organized crime!  Site authored by Jerry Capeci, America's foremost expert on organized crime often appears on network and cable TV news programs in the U.S. and Canada.  Jerry lives in New York City and is a reporter for The Daily News.
  
  

• Mario's Mafia Page
  This site contains information about the Mafia.  It focuses on La Cosa Nostra, which is the Italian and Sicilian Mafia. There is a page for each city that is known to currently have, or previously have had a chapter of La Cosa Nostra.
  
  

• Unofficial HomePage of the New York Mafia
  Pages and links to research on the Italian Mafia.  An attempt to give an unbiased look at the Mafia.
  
  

• Executive Summaries - Streetwise - Effective Police Patrol
  From England and Wales an audit report from the Audit Commission.  The Commission promotes the 'best practice' in local government and NHS bodies, encouraging economy, efficiency and effectiveness in both the management and the delivery of services.
  
  

• Occupational Guides - Police Officer
  Police patrol officers are assigned to cover areas on foot, horseback, motorcycle or in a patrol car. They control traffic, prevent crime, maintain peace, and arrest lawbreakers.

• National Cyber Detective Network
  The National Cyber Detective Network was designed to aid Internet users find the information they need. It is absolutely amazing the type and extent of information that is LEGALLY available on hundreds of Internet Sites!

• Auxiliary and Reserve Police
  This is the original and most complete web site dedicated to Auxiliary and Reserve Police Officers.
  
  
• Reserve Law Officers Association of America
  Founded January, 1970 to serve the needs of the third of a million volunteer peace officers of America, this non-profit fraternal organization is tax exempt under Internal Revenue Service Code 501(C)4. In 27 years, the Association has enrolled members in over 2,500 cities and 50 States.

• Administration on Aging
  Includes information designed for Older Americans and their families as well as those concerned about providing the opportunities and services to enrich the lives of older persons and support their independence.
  
  
• Social Security Administration
  Social Security Online, the Official Web Site of the Social Security Administration.

• The Armed Robbery Page
  Robbery training of employees, in High Risk Business today, can help minimize business and employee risk. Reducing such risk is essential in minimizing potential loss, and liability when a robbery does occur.

• "Friends" Raping Friends--Could It Happen to You?
  A very informative site with on site data and links.   Written by Jean O'Gorman Hughes, Research Associate, and Bernice R. Sandler, Executive Director, Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges, April 1987.
  
  
• National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape
  Their mission is to bring about social, legal, political, psychological, economic, and religious change through a vast resource network of information and support, in order to make intimate relationships truly egalitarian.   Well known for so transforming the attitudes in this country (by their 20-year campaigns to change customs, policies, behaviors and laws) they were able to make marital/cohabitant/date rape a crime in all fifty states, at least where force is used.
  
  
• National Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  The National Coalition Against Sexual Assault is a feminist organization which provides leadership to the movement to end sexual violence through advocacy, education and public policy. Our vision is to eliminate sexual assault and all forms of oppression. We work to attain quality services for victims/survivors and we challenge the nation to commit to a rape-free culture.
  
  
• Sexual Assault Information Page
  The Sexual Assault Information Page is a non-profit information and referral service providing information on rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, date rape, acquaintance rape, incest, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and other types of sexual violence. Information is provided via the WWW, email, a bi-monthly electronic newsletter, as well as occasional hardcopy mailings for specific requests.

• National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)
  The National Sheriffs' Association, now in its fifty-seventh year of serving the law enforcement/criminal justice professionals of the nation, is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field.
  
  
• Sheriffs Across the United States
  Links to Sheriffs Across the United States.  All states are represented.

• Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction
  The Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) is an internationally recognized commission with approximately 500 ACTAR Accredited Reconstructionists practicing throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. These Accredited Reconstructionists are engineers, police officers, consultants, former police officers and those of other backgrounds working in the profession.
  
  
• The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
  Conceived in 1979 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), developing Law Enforcement Standards.
  
  
• International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST)
  an international organization of training managers and executives dedicated to the improvement of public safety personnel. The mission of IADLEST is to research, develop and share information, ideas and innovations that assist states in establishing effective and defensible standards for employment and training of peace officers.
  
  
• International Association of Law Enforcement Planners
  Organization consisting of people working in the areas of planning and research for criminal justice agencies.  IALEP shares information about the latest innovations, issues, problems, and solutions confronting criminal justice today.
  
  
• National Performance Review
  Initiative to reform the way the federal government works. Its goal is to create a government that "works better and costs less."
  
  
• Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission
  This Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission site serves as the information database for law enforcement agencies interested in pursuing accredited status through the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission (VLEPSC).  The Virginia Sheriff’s Association and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police make up the VLEPSC. Executive board members consisting of active Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police established 210 professional standards and administer the accreditation process by which Virginia agencies can be systematically measured, evaluated, and updated. The program is independent of state government, however, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services manages day-to-day operations for the Commission.

   

National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Established in 1983, the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the Special Weapons and Tactics profession and those units which support SWAT such as Crisis Negotiations, Canine, Tactical Emergency Medical Support, Explosive EOD,and Air Support. Police Guide's Directory of SWAT TEAMS With Web Pages A directory of police SWAT Teams With web pages broken down by states.  Also has military special operations and teams from outside the United States. Special Opera