June 2014 - Police Chief Magazine

“I Did It” – Confession Contamination and Evaluation

The ability to interrogate a suspect has long been one of the most valuable tools of law enforcement, but only relatively recently has the legal community begun to recognize its potential dangers—in...

Policy

A Foundation for the Future: Aligning Law Enforcement with the Community and Government Policy Makers

The responsibilities of a chief of police are becoming more complex with each passing day. The position always had its challenges—leading an organization in highly fluid environments, both internal ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Civil Rights Liability for Damaging Property during Warrant Executions

Courts recognize that in executing a warrant, officers must, on occasion, damage property in order to perform their duties.1 In fact, some amount of damage is almost expected when executing a “no-kn...

From the Director

From the Director: Community Policing—Building Public Trust across the United States

One of the great opportunities that comes with being the director of the COPS Office is traveling around the United States to meet with local, state, and tribal law enforcement professionals and leade...

Technology

Considerations for Social Media Management and Strategy

It’s the rare law enforcement agency these days that is not somehow using social media as a way to interact with its community. If agencies are not actively using it already, chances are that they a...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Advocates for the Reauthorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program

On May 14, 2014, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Program, a lifesaving program whose charter expired in 2012. IACP President Y...

Technology

Importance of Quality, Timely, and Detailed Incident Data: Lessons from the Seattle Police Department

The use of timely and accurate localized data to drive law enforcement operations toward more efficient and effective resource deployment is the benchmark for 21st-century policing.1 For today’s ...

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June 2014 Products and 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 enfor...