October 2008

Using 9-1-1 Calls for Service to Identify Potential Instances of Terrorist Surveillance

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there have been repeated calls to find better ways to “connect the dots” by identifying and assembling small bits of information that collectivel...

Designing a Law Enforcement Leadership Development Program

or many law enforcement agencies, retirement comes in clusters or cohort groups as officers who graduated together from the academy retire together. The result is often a significant loss of instituti...

Eyewitness Identification: What Chiefs Need to Know Now

olice chiefs across the United States seek to implement eyewitness identification procedures that are most likely to lead to the identification of the guilty and are least likely to result in a false ...

Vests Save Lives: A Reminder of the Importance of Wearing Soft Body Armor

reliminary statistics compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund show that 2007 was one of the deadliest years for the U.S. law enforcement community since 1989. There was a 28 per...

From the Director

From The Director: Working Together to End the Violence

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice that provides national leadership in responding to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assa...

Vet Cops: What Activation and Reintegration Mean for Serving Officers and Their Agencies

ome time ago in the Newport News Police Department (NNPD), two officers who served as reservists in the U.S. armed forces were called to active duty. The first officer served a year before returning t...

IACP Foundation: SELECT Scholarship Awards for Law Enforcement Family Members

ne of the most rewarding of the IACP Foundation’s programs is the Survivors’ Education Law Enforcement Trust (SELECT) scholarship series, which was established to recognize the contribution made b...

115th Annual IACP Conference Law Enforcement Education and Technology Exhibition

he 115th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police will convene Saturday, November 8, 2008, through Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at the San Diego Convention Center, 111 W...