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2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008

 

2011

Vol. 73, No. 2

Youth
Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement

Safety Net
How Canada helps catch online predators

War on innocence
Ending the use of child soldiers

Behind the bars
Pen Squad tackles crimes between inmates

 

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2011

Vol. 73, No. 1

Forensics
From the field to the lab

Challenges spark innovation
Evidence recovery at the Pickton site

CSI: Kandahar
Countering IEDs through science

Bad medicine
OPP confronts prescription drug crimes

 

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2010

Vol. 72, No. 3

Human rights and policing
The many aspects of protecting fundamental rights

Post-disaster Haiti
Keeping children from harm

Racially biased policing
A science-based approach

Eruption-ready
Iceland police put to test

 

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Vol. 72, No. 2

Deconstructing Major Crime
Making sense of senseless crime

Major crime investigators are tasked with investigating some truly heinous crimes and they are accountable for every aspect of the case. From analyzing crime scenes, to collecting evidence, to interviewing witnesses and suspects, to testifying in court, there are many layers to a major crime investigation.

 

 

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Vol. 72, No. 1

Fit for Duty
The new approach to police health and wellness

In the field of law enforcement, fitness has a direct impact on job performance, as does psychological health and wellness. Contributing to operational readiness and the health and well-being of all employees, the RCMP believes in being “fit for duty, fit for life.”

 

 

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Vol. 71, No. 1

Isolated Post
The realities of policing in remote communities

Policing in a remote, northern detachment like this one in Takla Landing, B.C., requires the ability to integrate into the local community
and adjust to the isolated landscape and often harsh conditions

 

 

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2009

Vol.70, No.4

Police and the Law
A hands-on approach

Whether it’s ensuring disclosure requirements are met on time or that an investigation is soundly conducted, heeding the right legal advice or knowing the limits in an international investigation, when it comes to policing and the law, it pays to go by the book.

 

 

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2008

Vol.70, No.3

On the Watch
Approaching national security from the inside out

Members of the Hamilton Police Service Emergency Response Unit assess the situation on a hijacked train during a counterterrorism exercise in Hamilton, Ontario, in May 2008. The exercise involved over 110 participants from three municipal police forces, the RCMP and several federal, provincial and municipal partners, proving that protecting national security really is a collective effort.

 

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Vol.70, No.2

Point Blank
Dealing with violent street gangs

Today’s street gangs have one common brand: violence, marked by increasing gunplay and a near complete disregard for those who get caught in the crossfire. As gangs take hold in communities big and small, police and community partners are developing innovative responses to gangs’ often random behaviour.

 

 

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Vol.70, No.1

Seeing through the scams
The fight against fraud

No form of crime seems to bring out a criminal’s creativity quite like fraud. But whether a scam artist hits his victims in the perceived safety of their homes, at local businesses or even following a disaster, police agencies and their partners are becoming more savvy to fraudsters’ methods — and are teaming up to stop them.