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The Fear Behind the Badge (Apr 27)

Supreme Court says police may search even if arrest invalid (Apr 23)

Chilling report on Nuclear attack heard in US Senate Committee (Apr 16)

Use of Lethal Injection Upheld by the
Supreme Court of the United States (Apr 16)

National Law Enforcement Museum obtains Al Capone Bulletproof Vest (Apr 1)

D.C.'s Gun Ban Gets Day in Court (Mar 16)

Washington DC Gun Laws are focus of Supreme Court (Mar 12)

Dealing with a CyberStalker (Mar 6)
MUSEUM UPDATE (Feb 10)

Labor Board Restricts Union Use of E-Mail (Dec 23)
CBS 46 Investigates: Cops Over The Limit (Nov 21)

Guilty plea in assault yields 7-year term (Oct 31)
Fingerprint Botch Felt in Maryland (Oct 27)
Utah Supreme Court rules injured trooper can't sue (Oct 11)

A Trend Grows in Policing (Sep 29)

Driving While Illegal (Sept 26)

First Six Month's LODD Rate Highest in 30 Years (Aug 25)

Recent Decision on Donning and Doffing
of Police Uniforms and Equipment (Aug 20)

Department of Justice Announces Findings on Pinnacle Armor -- "Dragon Skin" (Aug 6)

National Collective Bargaining for Public Safety passes House (July 17)

The Laptop Is Mightier Than the Sword (Jun 15)

10 Worst Cities for Speeding (Jun 14)

New York Department's High Salaries Draw Nearly 30,000 Applicants (Jun 8)

 Georgia Supreme Court Establishes Garrity Standard for Georgia (Jun 5)

The Officer Roll Call (NLEOMF) (May 25)

Privacy For Your Work Related Email --- Don't Count On It. (May 16)

Guidebook Tells Illegals Not to Cooperate With Feds (May 15)

National Police Week Schedule of Events (May 13)

Answering Al Qaeda (May 8)

Chase Response from IACP President (May 2)

Supreme Court Protects Police in Car-Chase Suit (Apr 30)

Howard County Police Officer awarded
Medal of Honor (Apr 18)

The Virginia Tech Shootings: A Case for Redundant Communications (Apr 18)

L.A. Police Sued Over Immigrant Policy (Apr 12)
'Onion Field' killer dead at 76 (Apr 8)

Pittsburgh to levy hourly surcharge for off-duty police (Apr 5)

Use of Force...Myth vs. Reality (Mar 27)

Disposable Phone Numbers = Problem (Mar 18)

Patrol Car AED Saves Wisconsin Police Officer (Mar 7)

Plans for First-Ever National Law Enforcement Museum
Formally Unveiled (Mar 3)

Your Vest Won’t Stop This Bullet (Mar 2)

NEW TESTS SHOW DEADLY ACCURACY & STARTLING SPEED
EVEN INEXPERIENCED SHOOTERS CAN ACHIEVE IN SHOOTING COPS (Feb 27

Justices Weigh Police Chase Video (Feb 27)

AMERICA'S SUICIDE (Feb 16)

Prison Population on the Rise, Study Says (Feb 15)

INTERNET SAFETY ALERT -- WHOSARAT.COM(Feb12)

New Findings from FBI About
Cop Attackers & Their Weapons (Feb 12)

Check out this Newscast on
Belt Buckle Weapons (Feb 10)

Rebellion Growing as States Challenge
a Federal Law to Standardize Driver’s Licenses (Feb 5)

U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling  (Feb 5)

Mass Slaughter In Our Schools:  The Terrorists' Chilling Plan (Jan 29)

Labor Union, Redefined, for Freelance Workers (Jan 27)

Violence Rings in New Year in Baltimore (Jan 10)

Mount Rainier council retains bargaining agreement with police (Jan 11)

More Than 150 Law Officers Killed in Line of Duty During 2006 (Dec 27)

Advanced Interactive Systems, Inc. to Sponsor
 National Law Enforcement Museum's "Shoot/Don't Shoot" Simulator (Dec 9)
 

TUNNEL VISION AND TUNNEL HEARING - TIME TO UPDATE (Dec 6)

The Ticking Time Bomb in State Pensions (Dec 4)

NYPD's Record of Restraint Improving (Dec 1)

POLICE UNION AND MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS COLLABORATE ON EXAMINING THE COMPLEX WORLD OF POLICE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS (Dec 1)

***Jihad, Radical Islam's War against the West… (Nov 30)***

50 Shots Fired, and the Experts Offer a Theory (Nov 27)

Automakers in Hot Pursuit of Police Cars (Nov 26)

Virginia Beach company's device could put brakes on police pursuits (Nov17)

Ranking of Most, Least Dangerous U.S. Cities (Oct 30)

Wimping of American Policing (Oct 29)

Garrity Case: Demonstrating the
Need for Clarity During Investigations (Oct 20)

Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony Honors Fallen Washington,
DC Metropolitan Area and Federal Officers (Oct 10)

Some U.S. localities could go bankrupt; cuts in services likely (Oct 5)
The IUPA responds to the NLRB ruling (Oct 5)

National Labor Relations Board Redefines Rules for Union Exemption (Oct 4)

Walking the Terror Beat (Sept 10)

MCOPS 2006 Scholarship Award Winner
Caitlin Marie Wilson, Eldersburg, MD
Read her essay HERE

A Tough East Coast Cop in Laid-Back Los Angeles
William J. Bratton (Sept 3)

You HAVE TO Be A Sheepdog On The Plane (Sept 1)

Friendly Fire, Discharges Comprised
43 Percent of Shot L.A. Officers (Aug 18)

Court of Appeals Decision Supports
First Amendment Rights of Sheriff’s Deputies (Aug 17)

Debate Dying Out On Public DB Conversion (Aug 8)

SEVENTY-FIVE OFFICERS KILLED IN FIRST HALF OF 2006;
 TRAFFIC-RELATED FATALITIES ON THE RISE (July 06)

NYPD newbies pull their triggers (July 27)

Howard County: Police shooting - Man wounded after 20-minute car chase (July23)

Safer Skies ACT OF 2006 (Jun 06)

IUPA POLICE UNION NEWS MAY-JUNE 06 (July 15)

New Garrity Interpretation (Jun28)

Supreme Court Gives Employees Broader
Protection Against Retaliation in Workplace (Jun 23)

High Court backs police no-knock searches (Jun 15)

MAJOR SUPREME COURT CASE ON SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE
--An Analysis (Jun 15)

STATE PENSION THREAT LEVELS (Jun 6)

First Amendment Sometimes
Left at Workplace Door (Jun 1)

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to 'Do Not Call' law (May 15)

Lawmakers Criticize Federal Budget Cuts for Police (Apr 6)

A Thin Blue Line of Prejudice (Mar 27)

Supreme Court Limits Police Searches (Mar 23)

To Kill an American (Mar 20)

An Officer Seen as a Hero
Faces a Year Behind Bars (Mar 17)

Law enforcement keeps anti-terror tools,
gets new curbs under Patriot Act renewal (Mar 9)

The FOP and "25 to Life" (Feb 13)

Cop-Killer Game Elicits Reactions
From Law Enforcement (Feb 10)

New Ohio Law Allows Cops to Request ID (Jan11)

Big Labor's Big Secret (Dec 28)

153 Police Died in Line of Duty in 2005 (Dec 23)

Project Blue Light (Dec 17)

Taking Liberties With the Nation's Security
NY Times Editorial by Rudy Giuliani (Dec 17)

A Cops Story at Christmas (Dec 17)

Shaquille O'Neal becomes Miami, Fl Police Officer (Dec 8)

San Francisco Police Officers
Are Suspended Over Skits  (Dec 8)

International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10

Federal Court: False Accusations Against Police
 Are Protected Speech (Nov 4)

Pensions Pose Time Bombs for Budgets is full of
inaccuracies. (Oct 17)

For Chairwoman of Breakaway Labor Coalition,
Deep Roots in the Movement (Oct 10)

Speech....an Occupational Hazard (Oct 10)

Grand Jury to Study Distrust
of Baltimore Police (Sept 13)

FOP bosses want local to go it alone (Sept 7)

With Some Now at the Breaking Point,
Officers Tell of Pain and Pressure (Sept 5)

Common Police Vest Fails Bulletproof Test (Aug 25)

Three Republican Governors
Hit Unions (Aug 11)

 IUPA Overtime Victory (Aug 4)

Suicide Bombings Bring Urgency to Police in U.S. (July 25)

4 Major Unions Plan to Boycott A.F.L.-C.I.O. Convention (July 25)

Placing Blame Where it Belongs (July 14)

IUPA Calls for AFL-CIO Unity (Jun 1)

Airport police are often "the forgotten"
 arm of law enforcement (May 24)

FBI Preliminary Statistics Show 54 Law Enforcement Officers
Feloniously Killed in 2004  (May 15)

State by State cost of Mandatory Social Security (May 5)

Labor Dept. Plans Increasing Scrutiny of Union Finances (Apr 17)

Routine traffic stop turns up grenade (Apr 15)

California's "Retirement Reform" may have
impact on the rest of the nation (Apr 5)

Milwaukee Hiring Under review (Apr 4)

Cops in Milwaukee win bias suit (Apr 1)

More Officers Die in Traffic Accidents
than Shootings in 2004 (Mar 29)

GOP Governors Cut State Workers' Rights ( Mar 24)

Pension Trouble in California (Mar 18)

AFL-CIO internal wrangling (Mar 9)

Zogby Poll, Public supports police use of Tasers (Mar 8)

HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL?? (Mar 8)

Law enforcers say Bush's budget
would hurt anti-gang efforts (Mar 6)

Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers (Mar 1)

DC Police Approve Contract Granting 21% in Raises (Mar 3)

Labor Leaders Reject Rival Plan to Shift
More Money to Organizing (Mar 3)

Tasers give juice to Newark law enforcement  (Feb)

Chicago Rethinks Its Use of Stun Guns (Feb)

Why you should always invoke Garrity (Feb)

Budgets Impact on Law Enforcement (Feb)

It Takes A Union (Feb)

FBI Crime stats show crime down Jan-June 2004 (Jan)

Indiana Governor rescinds collective
 bargaining on 2nd day in office (Jan)

NLEOMF States 154 Officers were killed in 2004 (Jan )