July 2011

Keeping Our Roadways Safe with Speed-Measuring Devices

Traffic safety is an important element of keeping communities safe, enhancing quality of life, and reducing social harm. Law enforcement has the primary responsibility for protecting a nation’s road...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Preventing Traffic-Related Line-of-Duty Deaths

Too many law enforcement officers die as a result of automobile crashes. More than 700 officers lost their lives from 2000 to 2009 because of an automobile or motorcycle crash or from being struck and...

Products & Services

July 2011 Products & Services

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...

Community-Police Engagement

Protecting Officers Online, Off Duty: How Police Chiefs Can Safeguard Officers with Policy Guidance on Social Networking

The headlines have become far too common: “Facebook Photos Lead to Internal Police Investigation”; “Police Investigate Report of Officer Posting Photo of Dead Body on Facebook”; and “Cop Say...

Traffic Safety

Serious about Seat Belts

The death or injury of a police officer as a result of a motor vehicle crash is as serious and costly today as it was 20 years ago. From economics on both state and local levels to the psychological i...

Line of Duty Deaths

July 2011 Line of Duty Deaths

“They will be remembered—not for the way they died, but for how they lived.” The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities and th...

Crime & Violence

The Changing Face of Vehicle Theft

There is a common misconception that vehicle theft as a whole has remained unchanged in recent times, but nothing could be further from the truth. Vehicle theft has changed dramatically over the past ...

Traffic Safety

Traffic Incident Management: Protecting Officers, Saving Lives, and Ensuring the Surface Transportation System’s Efficiency

As federal, state, and local budgets shrink and the national economy struggles to leave behind what some now call the Great Recession, transportation infrastructure will likely see modest government i...