NCJ Number
121537
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 58 Issue: 9 Dated: (September 1989) Pages: 24-25
Date Published
1989
Length
2 pages
Annotation
Satellite teleconferencing has improved communications in law enforcement and is being used as a training tool since a joint effort of the Kansas City, Mo. Police Department and the Kansas City FBI Field Office established the Law Enforcement Satellite Training Network (LESTN) in March 1986.
Abstract
The Kansas City Police Department and the FBI Academy now co-sponsor six LESTN programs a year. Topics include sexual criminality, criminal profiling, stress management, legal issues for pursuit driving policies, organized crime, police officer safety, semi-automatic pistols, the handling of domestic violence, and interviewing and interrogation. Each teleconference is shown live from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, is viewed by an estimated 20,000 law enforcement personnel, and is later watched by many others by means of videotapes. Broadcasts reach the entire northern hemisphere. Each 3-hour broadcast costs less than $10,000, so the conference clearly pays for itself in saved time and paperwork. The use of this approach is likely to increase in the future. Sources of further information are included.