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Click here to view a list of
monthly "Volunteers in Law Enforcement" Featured
articles at officer.com |
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Quick Tips for Volunteer
Recruiting, Recognition and Rewarding |
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"No to Low" Cost Methods to Thank Your
Volunteers at Years End |
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United States Presidential Volunteer Service
Hours Award |
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Links to
Featured Articles on "Volunteers in Law
Enforcement" at officer.com |
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2008 Featured Articles |
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March 2008, A Day to Mourn, a Day to
Honor, a Day to Say Thank You |
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In memory of NYPD Auxiliary
Police Officers Eugene Marshalik and Nicholas
Pekearo |
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February 2008, Foreclosures and Policing |
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Lessons to be learned from the
current real estate crash |
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January 2008, E-COP |
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The
lessons learned from the “Petraeus Doctrine” may
be helpful in fighting crime. |
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2007 Featured Articles |
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November 2007, Redefining Public Service in
America |
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Without change, we may wake
up some day and have no public servants left to
protect us. |
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October, 2007, Combating the 'No Snitch' Mindset |
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Marketing your volunteer
unit to the community |
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September 2007, Riding Shotgun May Be in Vogue |
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An idea from the Old West |
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July 2007, The Nation is Watching, But Are We
Listening?? |
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June 2007, Police Smart, Civilians Dumb |
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Engaging the community in a
positive way begins with the first phone call. |
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May 2007, FART, SPOT, VIPS |
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Choosing the proper title for your volunteers
will help improve recruitment, respect and
retention. |
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April 2007,
Life can be risky and so can volunteering.
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Putting into perspective the true risk of
utilizing auxiliary and civilian patrol
volunteers. |
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March 2007, "The True Savings of Using Reserves
and Civilian Volunteers" |
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Sometimes measuring the
savings can be difficult to put in dollars and
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February 2007, "Where have all the Reserves
gone" |
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Re-thinking reserve
requirements and duties to meet the demands of
rising crime |
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January 2007, "Managing Liability for the
New Year 2007" |
| Tips and ideas on
reducing your departments volunteer use
liability |
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2006 Featured Articles |
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December 2006, "The Best Recognition is From the
Heart" |
| No to low cost methods
of thanking your agency volunteers during the
holidays for the year |
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November 2006, "The Time is Now for Volunteer
Mutual Aid Agreements " |
| How we can learn from
one police agency who utilized volunteers to
bring closure to a family |
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October 2006, Fall is the Best Time to
Recruit New Volunteers |
| As thousands of adults
become "empty nesters", they maybe looking for
new opportunities. |
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September 2006, Volunteers in Homeland Security |
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Look
to your local law enforcement volunteers
first before calling out the National Guard
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August 2006, Train to Retain
Your Volunteers |
| Allowing
your volunteers to experience your world can
create stronger bonds. |
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July 2006, A Bill of rights
for Volunteers? |
| One suggestion for
remedying political interference towards your
volunteers. |
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June 2006, Chicken or the Egg?
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| Who is responsible for
preparedness? Utilizing your volunteers to
help prepare for disasters. |
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May 2006, Are You Paying Your
Volunteers Enough? |
| Everyone one works for
pay, including your volunteers, learn how to pay
them well. |
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April 2006, The Minuteman Project |
| Lessons learned from
volunteers as force multipliers to assist in
crime prevention. |
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March 2006, Back to the Future |
| Utilizing volunteers to
put the community back into community policing. |
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February 2006, That Nasty L Word |
| Conceived,
perceived or actual
liability as it relates to the use of
volunteers. |
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January 2006, Volunteers For Life |
| From sheriff's posses
to modern day life, a brief history of police
volunteers. |
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Public Safety Volunteer Institute,
P.O. Box 727, Corona, CA, 92878-0727 |
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Volunteer Coordinator training for
Volunteers in Police Service, VIPS, Citizens on
Patrol, Police Reserve and Auxiliary Officers, Volunteer Fire
Departments, CERT Teams and SAR Teams. |