April 2006

Ready Campus: Prepared to Help when Disaster Strikes

Lost American campuses have crisis plans, many of which are quite sophisticated, and they are well prepared to secure their people and facilities if a disaster strikes. But how ready are the campuses ...

Community-Police Engagement

Day Laborers: Improving the Quality of Life for Laborers, Employers, and Neighbors

In the decade between 1990 and 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reported a 95 percent increase in the Hispanic population in Kansas City, Missouri. Some reports estimate that approximately 80,000 undocume...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Recording Interrogations

Police interrogations, especially those that produce incriminating evidence or even a confession, may need to be recorded in order to withstand increased judicial or legislative scrutiny in the coming...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Senate Votes to Increase First Responder Funding

On March 15, the Senate approved its fiscal 2007 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 83). During consideration of the nonbinding resolution, senators approved amendments that would increase homeland secur...

Ethics

Developing and Sustaining a Culture of Integrity

The Virginia Beach, Virginia, Police Department has embarked on an ambitious program to develop and sustain a culture of integrity in the organization. The department's command staff realized that the...

IACP

Survivors’ Club: April 2006

The IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club® pays tribute to those deserving officers who have avoided serious or potentially fatal injuries through the use of any kind of body armor. This column is...

Leadership

How to Implement Shared Leadership

Creating a cross-functional steering team can be an effective method of engaging the talents and experience of employees more directly in the decision-making process of an organization. The steering t...