Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.apbweb.com T H E V O I C E O F T H E N A T I O N ’ S L A W E N F O R C E M E N T C O M M U N I T Y FEBRUARY 2017 VOLUME XXIV NO. 2 ➤ PRICE $4.95 ➤ www.APBweb.com 30 10 Top Ten List 16 Opinion/Editorial 34 In the Line of Duty Inside News You Can Use FAST RESPONSE A new app is helping officers respond to 911 calls faster and more accurately and that could definitely save lives. PLUS . . . 25 SOCIAL MEDIA Some officers and agencies have mastered the fine art of digital PR while others continue to struggle. 09 SHOOT RULING Afederal court in Michigan has of- fered some clarity on when police officers are allowed to shoot dogs to protect themselves. Can we not do the cop part of it? Sheriff wants to know if he can legally just be a tax collector instead by Cynthia Brown American Police Beat used to be located in the Boston area, but now we’re in New York City. One of the most famous Big Apple institutions is (or was) known as the Carnegie Deli. That’s the joint you’ve seen on TV that serves those sandwiches loaded 12 inches high with two pounds of pastrami. The venerable institution just closed their doors recently. It might be kind of a stretch, but there’s a law enforcement connection. Like the Carnegie Deli, most people just assume their local police department or sheriff’s office is a permanent fixture – something that will be there forever. It’s getting harder to get records by Mark Nichols There are two relatively equal and opposite forces tugging at law enforcement right now. The first is the call for “more trans- parency” coming from critics of asset forfeiture, use of force policies and other law enforcement issues. The proponents of more transpar- ency are generally those who believe in open government and support the adoption of technology like body- cams. The second force tugging at law by Jose Torres The legend of Chuck Norris tells us that he can grate Parmesan cheese with his beard. Now cops in the Mo- tor City can try such Herculean feats of facial hair. And it turns out that facial hair and law enforcement is a bigger deal than most would think. Police Chief James Craig said he didn’t want to keep something in place that really had no bearing on how well they would do their job. For generations beards were a sure sign an individual was obviously not a cop. It was a long time before offi- cers, deputies or troopers could even sport neatly trimmed mustaches. But thankfully things do change – even within law enforcement. In times gone by, the only way Detroit cops could grow facial hair was if they had a medical condition and got a “shaving deferment.” Cop beards A-OK in Detroit Need a new calendar? See page 18. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 18 Continued on page 37 Get behind me and stay down! Police secure the area outside the Fort Lau- derdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida after multiple people died and were injured by an Iraqi War veteran who opened fire at the baggage claim. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)