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PART I. POLICING FOUNDATIONS

 1. Police in a Democracy

Bureau of Justice Statistics on Local Police Departments
(The latest statistics on local police departments from the 2000 LEMAS Survey.)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/lpd00.htm

Bureau of Justice Statistics on Sheriffs' Departments
(The latest statistics on sheriffs' departments from the 2000 LEMAS Survey.)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/so00.htm

The Official Website of the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov

United States Supreme Court Collection
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct

Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

The Oyez Project: US Supreme Court Multimedia Database
http://www.oyez.org

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 2. Police History

Biosketch of Sir Robert Peel
http://members.tripod.com/kiffg/peel.htm

Herbert Hoover on the World Wide Web
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~rwhelan/jfk/hoover_links.htm

National Sheriff's Association (NSA)
http://www.sheriffs.org

The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
http://www.texasranger.org

Links to Municipal, County, and State Law Enforcement Agencies Across the United States
http://www.officer.com
http://www.leolinks.com

United States Marshals Service
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals

United States Postal Inspection Services
http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect

United States Secret Service
http://www.treas.gov/usss

Federal Bureau of Investigations
http://www.fbi.gov

Drug Enforcement Agency
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/index.htm

United States Park Police
http://www.nps.gov/uspp/tindex.htm

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
http://www.atf.gov

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 3. Community Policing

Crime Prevention Resources
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~overall/prev.htm

Learn More about the SARA Problem-Solving Model at the Center for Problem Solving
http://www.popcenter.org/about-SARA.htm

Promblem-Oriented Policing: The First 20 Years
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=311

Newport News (VA) Police Department
http://www.newport-news.va.us/police/index.htm

Tucson (AZ) Police Department
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/police

The Community Policing Consortium
http://www.communitypolicing.org

Community Policing Page dedicated to Robert Trojanowicz
http://www.concentric.net/~dwoods/tribute.htm

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
http://www.usdoj.gov/cops

Learn More About Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
http://www.cpted-watch.com

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PART II: POLICE ADMINISTRATION

 4. Police Management

Learn More About Total Quality Management
http://www.skyenet.net/~leg/tqm.htm

Learn More About Police Management with Police Management, 3rd Edition
http://www.roxbury.net/policemgmt3.html

Madison (WI) Police Department
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/police

New York City Police Department
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/home.html

Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html

Fraternal Order of Police
http://www.grandlodgefop.org

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 5. Police Organizational

Innovative Neighborhood Oriented Policing in Rural Communities
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/neio.txt

Houston Police Department
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/departme/police/index.html

Chicago Police Department
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Police&entityNameEnumValue=33

Books and Research on Chicago's Alternative Policing Strategy
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/policing.html

Madison (WI) Police Department
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/police

International Association of Law Enforcement Planners
http://www.ialep.org

California Office of Emergency Services
http://www.ocjp.ca.gov

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 6. Selection and Development

Los Angeles Police Department
http://www.lapdonline.org

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/2000e.html

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/29/621.html

Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

California's Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST)
http://www.post.ca.gov

National Association of Field Training Officers (NAFTO)
http://www.nafto.org

The Reno Model
http://www.cityofreno.com/res/police/ptoprogram.php

Law Enforcement Employment
http://www.lawenforcementjob.com


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 7. Field Operations

Chicago Police Department--Citizen ICAM
http://12.17.79.6

Police Pursuit--Research and Training: NIJ Research in Brief
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/164831.txt

Learn More About Repeat Offender Programs
http://www.shsu.edu/cjcenter/trcpi/7/Repead_offendor_programs.html

Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

San Jose (CA) Police Department
http://www.sjpd.org

Kansas City (KS) Police Department
http://www.kckpd.org

Oakland (CA) Police Department
http://www.oaklandpolice.com

Police Research Through the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org

National Institute of Justice: The Research Agency of the US Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij

United States Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov

Crime Scene Investigations
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net

PART III: POLICE BEHAVIOR

 8. Behavior and Misconduct

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu

Police Subculture in Australia
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wtmp/cop.html

Police Stops, Decision-Making, and Practice--UK
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/prs130.pdf

The International Association of Chiefs of Police
http://www.theiacp.org

Listen to Police Scanners in Major Cities--Live!
http://www.police-scanner.info/live-police-scanners.htm


 9. Force and Coercion

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Use of Force by Police
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ufbponld.htm

Police Use of Force Websites from the Michigan State University Libraries
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/force.htm

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
http://www.treas.gov/fletc

NIJ National Data Collection on Police Use of Force
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/ndcopuof.txt

Search for the Police Use of Force Court Cases Discussed in This Chapter
http://www.oyez.org

10. Accountability and Ethics

Louisville, Kentucky, Civilian Review Board
http://www.louisvillepeace.org/CAPA/civilian_review.html

Police Ombudsman--City of Boise
http://www.boiseombudsman.org

NIJ Research in Brief: Controlling Police Use of Excessive Force
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/ppsyc.txt

United States Supreme Court Cases
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct

Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
http://www.calea.org

11. Legal Issues

Oyez: US Supreme Court Multimedia
(Read about and listen to US Supreme Court cases cited in your book.)
http://oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

The Supreme Court Historical Society
(Learn more about the US Supreme Court, including former Chief Justice Earl Warren.)
http://www.supremecourthistory.org

Fourth Amendment
(Keep up-to-date on 4th Amendment cases.)
http://www.fourthamendment.com

Miranda and the Exclusionary Rule
(Miranda v. Arizona and the Exclusionary Rule are discussed, along with a discussion of "Beyond Miranda.")
http://www.landmarkcases.org/miranda/exclusionary.html

Sobriety Checkpoints
(Read about the facts and myths of sobriety checkpoints as offered by MADD.)
http://www.madd.org/madd_programs/0,1056,1229,00.html

Civil Liability and Police Pursuits
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/lib/2001/july2002/july01web.htm#page_17


PART IV: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

12. Cultural Diversity

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/2000e.html

Dallas Police Department
http://www.dallaspolice.net

The International Association of Chiefs of Police
http://www.theiacp.org

Albuquerque Police Department
http://www.cabq.gov/police

National Center for Women and Policing
http://www.womenandpolicing.org

Law Enforcement Gays and Lesbians International
http://members.aol.com/legalint

National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
http://www.noblenatl.org

 

13. Stress and Officer Safety

Police Stress.com--Stress Evaluations, Tests, and other Information
http://www.police-stress.com

Police Stress Information
http://www.theroad.com.hk/policestress.html

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Policing
http://home.socal.rr.com/jpmock/ptsd/ptsd.htm

The Effects of Police Stress
http://www.heavybadge.com

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
http://www.lasd.org

Kansas City (MO) Police Department
http://www.kcpd.org

Memphis Police Department
http://www.memphispolice.org

14. Higher Education

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
http://www.theiacp.org

Berkeley (CA) Police Department
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/default.html

Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice
http://www.cj.msu.edu

San Jose State University, Justice Studies
http://www2.sjsu.edu/justicestudies

University of California Berkeley
http://www.berkeley.edu

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (1968)
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/42usc3789d.htm

Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov

Police Executive Research Forum
http://www.policeforum.org

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

15. Contemporary and Emerging Issues

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
http://www.madd.org

NAFTA
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/NAFTA/nafta.html

Racial Profiling Data Collection Center at Northeastern University
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu

Gangs in Los Angeles, Including Links to other "Gangs" Websites
http://www.streetgangs.com

Eyewitness Identification Laboratory at UT El Paso
http://eyewitness.utep.edu

US Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov

USA Patriot Act
http://www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile.cfm?id=12250