The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "Police departments" ...
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The Battle for Open Records in California
This tipsheet describes two cases in which the media fought to have records made public: San Jose Mercury News, Inc v. U. S. District Court and Los Angeles Police Department v United Reporting Publishing Corporation.
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Public Safety Scams and Snafus
A tipsheet that includes an overview on what steps are necessary to contact officials.
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Investigating the investigators -- David Burnham's all-purpose cook book
This tipsheet gives advice on how to investigate government agencies, institutions, and administrations ---- from Congress to the local police department.
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Investigations at Small News Organizations
This tipsheet lists seven key principles for getting the big story into the paper and a six-month investigation into police in Camden Police Department by the Courier Post.
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Using Crime Statistics: Successes and caveats
This tipsheet includes uniform crime reports from the Michigan state police, a listing of cities with the highest level of reported crime per 100,000, an incident report from the Philadelphia police department and an article detailing a Philadelphia crime web site.
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Many Write Checks in Clinton Defense; Overtime Expenses Rise as Efficieny Falls
The tipsheet file contains two examples of CAR stories from smaller newspapers. There is an article from The Morning Call on The Clinton Legal Expense Trust -- a fund that helps pay the president's legal bills. There is also an article from the Courier-Post on the rise of overtime pay at the Camden, N.J. Police Department.
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How to find federal sentencing data;
This tipsheet includes information on how to find federal sentencing data and what type of stories you can generate from the data. The handout also includes sample articles on the criminal justice system written by panelists. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.
Tags: Federal Criminal Justice Information; U.S. Sentencing Commission; local police department; federal court
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Tipsheet No: 233
"Investigating Local Government" gives a department-by- department run-down of available documents, including the Airport Department, Budget and Finance, Building and Zoning, City Attorney, City Clerks, Civil Service Commission, Community Development, Health Department, Human Resources, Libraries, Parks and Recreation, Police Department, Public Utilities, Public Works, Tax Assessor and Traffic.
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Tipsheet No: 47
Documents from Freedburg's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of the Yahweh religious sect and its connections to 14 murders. Documents include FBI records, Freedburg's request for criminal file, U.S. District Court documents, Florida motor vehicle registrations, drivers' license records, Metro-Dade Police Department and Public Safety Department request for latent comparison, incident and autopsy reports, Yahweh University's "Open Letter to the World" complaining of the City of Miami's harassment of that institution; inter-office memo; Yahweh literature filed in federal lawsuit; Yahweh's corporate filing; police department's Internal Security Unit report; UCC filing; and affidavit for search warrant.
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Tipsheet No: 46
Documents from Freedburg's investigation of the Miami Police Department, which resulted in the indictment of six Miami police officers who beat to death a suspected drug dealer. Includes internal security computer search, inter-office memorandum, emergency medical service report and detailed incident report.