Improving knowledge on law enforcement in drug policy

Coplink Managing Law Enforcement Data and Knowledge

H owever, despite the increasing availability of data, many challenges continue to hinder effective use of law enforcement data and knowledge, in turn limiting crime-fighting capabilities of related government agencies. For instance, most local police have database systems used by their own personnel, but lack an efficient manner in which to share information with other agencies [7–9]. More imp...

Drug Misuses and Its Impact on Law Enforcement

Software Intensive GNSS-based Tracking Systems for Improving Law Enforcement

Law enforcement agencies (LEA) constantly seek new cross-border processes and technical solutions that would facilitate their combat against international organized crime. This paper studies how new types of satellite-based tracking sensors, mobile monitoring stations and their associated communication channels for LEA can be understood and designed taking into account the chain-of-custody and ...

Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: a systematic review.

Violence is amongst the primary concerns of communities around the world and research has demonstrated links between violence and the illicit drug trade, particularly in urban settings. Given the growing emphasis on evidence-based policy-making, and the ongoing severe drug market violence in Mexico and other settings, we conducted a systematic review to examine the impacts of drug law enforceme...

Patterns of Alcohol Policy Enforcement Activities among Local Law Enforcement Agencies: A Latent Class Analysis.

AIMS We assessed levels and patterns of alcohol policy enforcement activities among U.S. local law enforcement agencies. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 1,631 local law enforcement agencies across the 50 states. MEASURES/METHODS We assessed 29 alcohol policy enforcement activities within each of five enforcement domains-underag...