Great COP Smartphone App!

http://cop-apps.net/home/details/index.html

I finally upgraded to a smartphone some months ago after carrying a "dumb" phone long enough.  I've played around with the many apps available for smart devices, both on my son's iPhone and my iPad long enough to know that there are some very neat ones out there - along with some I still just can't reason why they exist.  Shortly after my wife and I upgraded our phones, she happend across a very cool app that I would love to share with you here.  The link is above, and the app is called U.S Cop.

After thouroughly looking within it, I was glad I spent the $3.99 for it.  A TON of useful information was compiled for this app by Mark Albrechtsen, a forward thinking Ohio Police Officer.  I was surprised at just how layered it was too.  It contains a slew of helpful data and so much more, I just can't even describe it all in words.  His website also offers links to other apps that Officers will find very useful.  You just have to see it to beleive it.  My only critisicm, is that it isn't available for ALL phones - something I am sure Mark is working on as time allows.  He is a full-time active duty policman still.  Here is the info I pulled off the website along with some screenshots and another link below.  Well worth the check out!

   

Over 2,000 pages of useful LE information!

* Accident investigation formulas; brake efficiency; narrative templates; different tire size speed calculator; view GPS coordinates for crash reports. LiDAR test instructions; Warrant PUR guidelines;

* Training articles regarding detecting concealed weapons, pluralistic ignorance, interview & interrogation, detecting deception, rookie drug interdiction mistakes, Drug Recognition Expert training and more. Video tutorials for SFST's and new CPR guidelines;

* Pill identifier; DEA drug schedule; DEA chemical list; pills of abuse photos; NADDI pharmaceutical drugs of abuse pamphlets; commonly abused prescription drug pics;

* Case Law resources for probable cause (search); probable cause (arrest); reasonable suspicion; abandoned property; administrative search; community care taking; consent search; corrections (body cavity search; strip search; due process with discipline; prisoner drug testing); disorderly conduct type arrests; exculpatory evidence; exigent circumstances; expectation of privacy; good faith doctrine; hot pursuit; ignorance of law; incident to arrest search; international border searches; internal investigations; K-9 sniffs; Miranda; open fields doctrine; plain view; probationer searches; public authority defense; school searches; stop & frisk; suspect line-Up; thermal camera; traffic stops (pre-textual stops; passenger not free to leave; length of stops; order occupants out of vehicle; passengers to provide identification; miranda warnings; GPS, phone, and beeper pings; vehicle searches; vehicle inventory; roadblock / checkpoints); trash & garbage search; use of force; vehicle pursuits; warrant execution, and much more…

* News RSS feeds from American Police Beat, Officer.com, and PoliceOne.com;

* Legal update RSS feeds from American Police Beat, AELE, Public Agency Training Council, and U.S. Supreme Court;

* The ability to take a photo and have a date/time stamp, GPS location and address appear in the photo's top margin for evidence. Photos can be stored on the device's camera roll, or organized in an in-app folder system where the photos can be sent via email or MMS;

* Report narrative templates with some crime-specific questions to consider (very early stages);

* A integrated work calendar to maintain your rotating work schedule

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