Law Enforcement Websites 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

The FLETC serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for more than 80 Federal agencies (aka Partner Organizations). The Center also provides services to state, local, and international law enforcement agencies.

Law Enforcement Employment

Some police officers specialize in such diverse fields as chemical and microscopic analysis, training and firearms instruction, or handwriting and fingerprint identification. Others work with special units, such as horseback, bicycle, motorcycle or harbor patrol; canine corps; special weapons and tactics (SWAT); or emergency response teams. See the latest on law enforcement related jobs.

Law Enforcement Statistics

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), conducted every 3 to 4 years, collects data from over 3,000 State and local law enforcement agencies, including all those that employ 100 or more sworn officers and a nationally representative sample of smaller agencies. Data are obtained on the organization and administration of police and sheriffs' departments including agency responsibilities, operating expenditures, job functions of sworn and civilian employees, officer salaries and special pay, demographic characteristics of officers, weapons and armor policies, education and training requirements, computers and information systems, vehicles, special units, and community policing activities.

Law Enforcement Bulletin

The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is published monthly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Subscribe online.

Law Enforcement Exploring

Law Enforcement Exploring is a worksite-based program for young men and women who have completed the eighth grade and are 14 years of age, or are 15 years of age but have not yet reached their 21st birthday.

The Law Enforcement Function

An undergraduate,introductory course in to American Law Enforcement.

Justice Information Network

Looking for information on law enforcement or corrections technology? Start by exploring the NLECTC Virtual Library. The library contains NLECTC publications, technology project descriptions, funding sources, and more. Search the library by keyword or click on a subject area to see everything in that topic.

Law Enforcement Writers

Featuring books written by state and local police officers, this website lists over 200 police officers, federal and international law enforcement officials and other civilian writers who have authored books on law enforcement.

Law Enforcement Gifts

A wide selection of gifts for every law enforcement official available via safe, secure and reliable transaction.

Law Enforcement Alliance of America

The Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) is the nation's largest non-profit, non-partisan coalition of law enforcement professionals, crime victims, and concerned citizens united for justice. With a major focus on public education, LEAA is dedicated to providing hard facts and real-world insights into the world of law enforcement and the battle against violent crime. LEAA fights at every level of government for legislation that reduces violent crime while preserving the rights of honest citizens, particularly the right of self-defense.

Police Lens

A comprehensive, well-researched lens focusing on the law enforcement aspect of police and policing.

Criminal Justice Lens

A comprehensive, well-researched lens focusing on the law enforcement aspect the entire criminal justice system.

Terrorism Lens

Discover where law enforcement and terrorism intersect.

Law Enforcement News on the Web 

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Terrorism News 

Find the lastest news on terrorism and its impact on law enforcement.

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Law Enforcement News 

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Officer Down 

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What Are Policemen Made Of? 

By Paul Harvey

Don't credit me with the mongrel prose: it has many parents-at least 420,000 of them: Policemen. A Policeman is a composite of what all men are, mingling of a saint and sinner, dust and deity. Gulled statistics wave the fan over the stinkers, underscore instances of dishonesty and brutality because they are "new". What they really mean is that they are exceptional , unusual, not commonplace. Buried under the frost is the fact: Less than one-half of one percent of policemen misfit the uniform. That's a better average than you'd find among clergy! What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is "sir" to his face and "fuzz" to his back. He must be such a diplomat that he can settle differences between individuals so that each will think he won. But.. If the policeman is neat, he's conceited; if he's careless, he's a bum. If he's pleasant, he's flirting; if not, he's a grouch. He must make an instant decision which would require months for a lawyer to make.
But...If he hurries, he's careless; if he's deliberate, he's lazy. He must be first to an accident and infallible with his diagnosis. He must be able to start breathing, stop bleeding, tie splints and, above all, be sure the victim goes home without a limp. Or expect to be sued. The police officer must know every gun, draw on the run, and hit where it doesn't hurt. He must be able to whip two men twice his size and half his age without damaging his uniform and without being "brutal". If you hit him, he's a coward. If he hits you, he's a bully. A policeman must know everything-and not tell. He must know where all the sin is and not partake. A policeman must, from a single strand of hair, be able to describe the crime, the weapon and the criminal- and tell you where the criminal is hiding. But...if he catches the criminal, he's lucky; if he doesn't, he's a dunce. If he gets promoted, he has political pull; if he doesn't, he's a dullard. The policeman must chase a bum lead to a dead-end, stake out ten nights to tag one witness who saw it happen-but refused to remember. The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy and a gentleman.

And, of course, he'd have to be genius....
For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.

Off Duty/Retirement Income 

Potential Business Incomes

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Law Enforcement on Amazon 

LightWedge NightVision LED Booklight

Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 10/13/2008)

Bounty Hunter TRACKERIV TK4-PL Tracker IV Metal Detector

Amazon Price: $137.95 (as of 10/13/2008)

H&K USP COMPACT, 9mm, .40, .45 & FULL SIZE - PADDLE HOLSTER

Amazon Price: (as of 10/13/2008)

Taking Liberties: Prisons, Policing and Surveillance in an Age of Crisis (AK Press Audio)

by Christian Parenti

Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 10/13/2008)

Doing Time: The Politics of Imprisonment (AK Press Audio)

by Ward Churchill

Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 10/13/2008)