Graduating debt free: Helping LEO parents select options on financing a child's college education

Long-Term Investing for LEOs, Edwin Stephens, complements of PoliceOne

Graduating debt free: Helping LEO parents select options on financing a child's college education.
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Ten Reasons to Go for That Next Police Grant!

Brian Harris, complements of PoliceOne
10 reasons to go for that next police grantThere really is no reason to miss out on some great opportunities to get your project funded or get that equipment you really need.   Throughout my law enforcement career I have always been amazed at two things that can make a veteran police officer’s heart sink faster than a rookie who forgot his gun back at the jail. First is public speaking. One on one during that traffic stop, we do just fine. But go talk to a large group of citizens... forget about it. The second is grant writing. I have seen departments miss out on great opportunities simply because it involved writing a grant to get the money. “It’s too hard” or “I don’t have time” or “There’s too much follow-up involved” are among the most popular reasons given for not pursuing a grant.

Don’t get me wrong: what you may have heard is true. Grants are time consuming, grant applications are tedious, and grants generally come with some type of stipulation, like completing follow-up reports. Well guess what? Catching criminals is time consuming, arrest reports are tedious, and there is always some type of stipulation somewhere within our line of work. But it pays off in the end. So here are 10 great reasons why you should go after that next grant opportunity for your department when the time comes.

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2011 Conference, Register Today

The 60th Annual Training Conference of the Southern Police Institute Alumni Association is open for registration.  You won't want to miss networking, re-training in various skills, knowledge updates, and "professional upkeep." 

Covington Police Department is the host, the Embassy Suites Hotel Cincinnati RiverCenter is the venue, and the Conference Committee is working hard to bring you the best, as always.

Visit http://www.spiaa.com/ to register.

Australian researchers have developed a new way of recovering usable fingerprints from old evidence.

Australian researchers have developed a new way of recovering usable fingerprints from old evidence.

The scientists, at the University of Technology in Sydney, believe it is a world first, that could help police reopen unsolved cases. They used nanotechnology to detect dry and weak fingerprints, which are not revealed by traditional techniques. Nanotechnology reveals much sharper detail of amino acid traces from old fingerprints than existing methods. Their aim is to detect fingerprints of any age on any surface. Specimens that previously went unseen are now being revealed using new chemical treatments that target amino acids. These are molecules commonly found in sweat and are therefore present in most fingerprints. While the targeting of amino acids in this area has been used for decades, the researchers in Sydney are employing nanotechnology to give degraded samples sharper detail.
Use link for complete article.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13665935