Articles Tagged with ''law enforcement''

Bills signed into law by the California governor Gavin Newsom include creating reporting systems for excessive force, instituting accountability protocols for police officers who break the law and regulating the use of military equipment in policing.

Law enforcement officers are leaving agencies and joining private security. Hiring retired officers can benefit enterprise security in a number of ways. 

The university will increase its annual security budget by at least $2 million per year for the next decade. The budget increase was announced after an uptick in gun violence in Columbus, Ohio. 

The organized retail crime initiative helps to solve retail theft cases and more effectively target the upstream criminal enterprises fueling them.

Jeffrey Horn brings years of law enforcement experience to the role, having served as a patrol officer, field training officer, and detective, among other positions.

The university introduced new security measures to decrease crime in off-campus neighborhoods. The crime rate has dropped 39% since the security plan took effect.

The Colorado Supreme Court determined that 24/7 video surveillance of a man's property violate 4th amendment rights.

The Illinois attorney general has formed a task force comprised of national, state, and local law enforcement as well as large retailers to assess and eliminate organized retail crime in the state.

As the gravity of COVID-19 was recognized and expanded in the United States, Niyazi Ekici and Dean C. Alexander, professors at Western Illinois University’s School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, commenced a research project to gauge the impact of the pandemic on law enforcement agencies. Here's what they found. 

A layered approach to campus security can help campus leaders tasked with the safety and security of students and campus provide an open campus perimeter that is still well protected. To achieve this, security leaders must focus on security technologies and solutions, training and a holistic approach.