April 2010 - Police Chief Magazine

2010 Buyers’ Guide

The annual Buyers’ Guide is the most important tool available to law enforcement executives putting together their equipment budgets and the only buyers’ guide supported by over a century of IAC...

Policy

Legislative Alert: 2010 Day on the Hill: A Great Success

In mid-March, the IACP hosted its biennial Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C. Held in conjunction with the midyear meetings of the Division of State and Provincial Police and the Division of State As...

President's Message

President’s Message: A Strategic Plan for Law Enforcement

Each and every day, law enforcement agencies and officers throughout the United States face a remarkable array of challenges as they strive to fulfill their mission of protecting the public. The lands...

Youth

An Evaluation of the Waterbury Police Activity League

Many studies show a correlation between school dropout rates and delinquency. Nearly one-third of first-year U.S. high school students and one-half of African American and Hispanic students do not ear...

IACP

Annual IACP Conference Rotation Plan

The annual IACP conference is a working conference, initiated in 1893, and today it is the world’s largest meeting of law enforcement executives in the world. Each year, thousands of law enforcement...

IACP

Line of Duty Deaths: October 3, 2009–February 22, 2010

The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities and the people they served. We extend our prayers and deepest sympathies to their families,...

Products & Services

Product Update: April 2010

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. For free in-depth information, visit us online, or circle the appropriate Reader Servic...

Products & Services

Advances & Applications: April 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 enforceme...