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25
Jul
External Accountability is Everything
Thanks to the blend of email and smartphones, work has become portable. Unfortunately, it has also created more work! In the high-paced environment of the modern workplace, it’s easy for police administrators to bypass accountability for rank-and-file officers when the […]
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18
Jul
Truck Enforcement is not Traffic Enforcement
Earlier this year, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police published an article in their Command magazine written by the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association. The article discussed how a local town can implement a successful truck enforcement program to control […]
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11
Jul
Digital Paper
Everything on the internet is true…everything! Don’t believe that statement? Well good, because it is obviously false. As technology has increased, society’s dependence on physical reference has decreased. As the functionality and portability of electronic devices has increased, dependence on […]
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04
Jul
Pipe Dreams
This week’s articles is about pipes. No, not the kind you smoke in a velvet robe. No, not the kind which broadcasts sound from a giant organ in a cathedral. No, not the kind which busts out the tailored sleeves […]
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20
Jun
Trucker Flat Tax Day
The wise man saved his money all year so there was enough cash to pay for the year-end holiday shopping. Hopefully he saved, or had enough income tax withheld from his paycheck, to satisfy the taxman on April 15th. For […]
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13
Jun
A Pain in the Class
What do all these terms have in common – road, street, highway, freeway, tollway, expressway, avenue, lane, parkway, boulevard? For sake of the word count, the list will end there, but each represents titles of routes which are available for […]
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06
Jun
Overweight Bodycams
Since August 2014, a re-energized conversation has swept the United States regarding the relationship between law enforcement and racial minority populations. It’s loud, it’s heated and it’s not going away any time soon. One of many dialogues revolves around the […]
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30
May
Illogical Conditions
Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure and Which Way books made popular in the 1970s and 80s? Every story had multiple possible endings and no ending was wrong. There are many rabbit trails to follow in the Illinois Vehicle Code, […]
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23
May
Calculated Fines
Okay, the secret is out. When it comes to overweight vehicle enforcement in Illinois, there is money in it for local government. What is not very well understood is where the fine money actually goes. Lots of rumor and speculation, […]
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16
May
Doubles Troubles
There’s old expression called “getting the cart ahead of the horse”. In the modern world, the horse represents the truck, and the cart is the trailer. It’s always a bad situation when a non-motor vehicle leads the power unit. Legislation […]
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