March 2010 - Police Chief Magazine

Technology Talk: 34th Annual IACP LEIM Training Conference and Exposition

The ever-escalating pace of converging technologies (audio, video, and data) has increased pressure to acquire new technology to meet the ever-growing demands placed on public safety agencies. Always-...

Leadership

A Guide for Optimizing Organizational Efficiencies: Efficiency-Led Management

Law enforcement agencies around the United States have been experiencing reduced operational funding as a result of the country’s current financial crisis while demands for service have remained con...

President's Message

President’s Message: A Sign of Support for Officers Who Serve in the Military

The law enforcement profession attracts a special kind of person. As police chiefs, we have the privilege of working with some of the finest individuals in the world—individuals who have at their fo...

IACP

Legislative Alert: Administration Releases Proposed Budget for FY 2011

On February 1, the Obama administration released its proposed budget for FY 2011. The budget serves as a statement of the administration’s funding and policy priorities, and represents the starting ...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: March 2010

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about—and benefit from—some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law enforcement c...

Traffic Safety

Combating Impaired Driving

One estimate puts the costs for traffic crashes at $230 billion each year in medical expenses, lost productivity, property damage, and related costs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: Cutting Fatalities by 50 Percent Over 20 Years

One of law enforcement’s cardinal responsibilities always has been to reduce highway crashes and the heartbreaking deaths and dreadful injuries they cause. To that end, the IACP joined the American ...

Cybercrime

Cyberterrorism Attacks on Police Departments

By September 30, 2009, more than 25 percent of the world population was Internet users.1 The information super highway has become the path by which the world is connected. This highway allows access t...