FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin

Bulletin Notes

Officer Ben Kelly of the Seattle, Washington, Police Department was investigating an unoccupied stolen vehicle parked with its hood up and engine running.

Energy Conservation As a Budget Multiplier

[...] the town administrator called an all-employee meeting with attendance mandatory. [...] the energy use for the town hall where the police department is located decreased 23 percent in 2 years.

Family Abductions

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, as many as 200,000 children are victims of family abduction each year.

Increasing Organizational Leadership Through the Police Promotional Process

To further support this, the study connected entrepreneurship and policing by reporting that it is action-oriented cognitive human ability, which guides policing as an everyday practice and paradoxically links managerialism and conformity to risktaking behavior. "10 Another study revealed that the most effective perceived style admired by officers was transformational leadership.11 Finally, another researcher focused on officers as the "change agents" in police organizations, arguing that "p...

Investigating and Prosecuting Hidden-Compartment Cases

[...] Section 76- 10-2801 of the Utah Criminal Code titled, Vehicle compartment for contraband- penalties, makes it a class A misdemeanor for a person "to knowingly possess, use, or control a vehicle which has a compartment with the intent to store, conceal or transport contraband." [...] even if prosecution is unlikely, investigating hide installers can provide vital intelligence regarding drug trafficking organizations.

Missing Children Guide

The fourth edition of When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides parents with the most current information on and helpful insights into what families should do when a child is missing.

Oregon Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Patch Call

Prisoner Radicalization

The JIS interpretation of Islam, sometimes known as "Prison Islam," supports the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, or government, in the United States and advocates the targeting of the American and Israeli governments, as well as Jews, in retaliation for their policies regarding Muslims.1 In 2004, Kevin James, an inmate serving time for robbery convictions at the New Folsom Prison near Sacramento, California, led the JIS. Both Patterson and Samana swore allegiance to Washington and ple...

The Need to Promote Career-Long Vitality and Wellness in the Police Profession

[...] I was so impressed with my newfound logic and reasoning capabilities that 1 actually thought that I had better ideas about how to do police work and run police organizations than those who had been in the business for years. [...] wellness programs for equipping new officers with "emotional armor" prior to releasing them from their respective training programs should be developed.