What's New
33rd Annual LEIM Section Annual Conference and Training Exposition (Conference Workshop Presentations Now Available)
The IACP LEIM Section held its 33rd Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, TX, May 18-21, 2009. Presentations from this conference are now available and can be viewed here. The Conference Schedule of Events is available for download.
Click here to visit the 33rd Annual LEIM Section Training Conference and Exposition page.
IACP Highway Safety Awards Nominations Now Being Accepted (New)
The IACP is now accepting nominations for the following Highway Safety Awards Programs:
- J. Stannard Baker Award
Sponsored by the IACP, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety, this prestigious award annually recognizes individual law enforcement officers and others who have made significant outstanding lifetime contributions to highway safety. Click here for more information about this program and to download a nomination form. - Looking Beyond The License Plate Award
This national award program recognizes law enforcement officers whose observations of license plates have led to the arrest of suspects or the solution of crimes. Click here for more information about this program and to download a nomination form. - Vehicle Theft Award of Merit
The Vehicle Theft Award of Merit was created for all law enforcement agencies, task forces, councils, community partnerships, and other theft prevention alliances worldwide to showcase the annual results of their vehicle theft prevention and/or enforcement programs. Click here for more information about this program and to download a nomination form.
IACP License Plate Reader Initiatives (NEW)
The IACP has recently begun work on a number of license plate reader (LPR) initiatives. To learn more about these projects, click
here.
Highlights
New Resources Added to Highway Infrastructure Security and Emergency Management Professional Capacity Building Web Site
Key Federal document updates, new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) publication, and many Emergency Management Institute courses have been added to keep professionals up-to-date with the latest knowledge in security and emergency management for transportation. For more information about this Web site, visit www.fhwa.dot.gov/security/emergencymgmt/profcapacitybldg/.
US DOT Releases Next Generation 9-1-1 Preliminary Transition Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released The Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Preliminary Guidelines. This Preliminary Transition Plan is intended to help frame how the government and industry view the deployment of NG9-1-1 and the key decisions that might need to be made by each level of government and the private sector to make implementation a reality. For more information on NG9-1-1 and to download this publication, visit the Intelligent Transportation Systems page.
