September 2012

Chief’s Counsel: Crowd Management and Civil Rights Protection

The demonstrations of the past year—including the Occupy movement, the flash mobs, and the sports championships—clearly put law enforcement agencies on notice that they have an obligation to prepa...

From the Director

From the Acting Director: ATF: Combating Violent Crime

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is committed to working with our international, federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners to investigate and prevent vio...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: House Approves Byrne-JAG Reauthorization

The House of Representatives recently approved IACP-supported legislation: H.R. 6062, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012. The Edward Byrne Memori...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Require Special Handling at Crash Scenes

There are currently 2.3 million hybrid and electric vehicles on the road in the United States.1 Hybrid and electric vehicle sales increased more than 50 percent in March 2012 over the same month in 20...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Explosive Materials and Officer Safety

One of the most dangerous challenges facing police officers today is responding to threats to homeland security—in particular, responding to threats dealing with explosives and explosive materials. ...

President's Message

President’s Message: Police Officer Suicide: It’s Time to Talk About It

The IACP’s top priority is and always will be officer safety. In 2002, the IACP, through the Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACOP), initiated the SafeShield Project, with a goal...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Recognizing the True Cost of Low Morale

Dwight D. Eisenhower once said of the military, “Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.” The business world has also found this to be true; several studies and companies have fou...

Technology

Reinventing the Police Report for the 21st Century: Are Video Police Reports the Answer?

Consider this: Officers respond to a call of domestic violence in progress. They arrive to hear a woman’s screams of pain and anguish emanating from somewhere in the back of the house. They h...