March 2015 - Police Chief Magazine

3-D Printing: The Potential Implications and Challenges for Law Enforcement

Gene Roddenberry introduced Star Trek fans to a device called a replicator in Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987. Many will remember Captain Picard walking to a wall in his stateroom on the starsh...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: A Kodak Moment for Law Enforcement: Using DNA Blueprints to Build Facial Composites

The use of Deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA, recently crossed a new threshold in suspect and victim identification. Its use as a crime-fighting tool is likely to increase exponentially by pr...

Community-Police Engagement

Bystander Intervention: Options for Campus Involvement in Crime Prevention

In order to effectively and consistently reduce crime within any given community, a culture of intolerance of crime must be created among community members. While there are multiple components necessa...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Showing Incident Video to Police Officers Under Investigation—A Best Practice Approach

With the proliferation of closed-circuit television (CCTV), “citizen journalists” with smartphones, and police dash-mounted or body-worn video cameras, the likelihood of police-involved incidents ...

Drugs & Alcohol

Driving While Impaired by Cannabis—New Challenges for Law Enforcement

Driving while impaired (DWI) by cannabis is not new. In fact, this crime has been occurring since the invention of the automobile. The legalization of marijuana in some U.S. states, however, means tha...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Enhancing School Safety Through Digital Intelligence: The Campus Shield Initiative

Miami-Dade County, with a population of 2,617,176, is the most populous county in Florida, ranking seventh overall in the United States.1 Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the fourth larges...

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Legislative Alert: IACP Sets Legislative Agenda for the 114th Congress

On January 2015, the IACP Executive Committee approved a legislative agenda for the 114th U.S. Congress. This document, which is drawn from the resolutions approved by the membership at IACP’s annua...

IACP Working for You

IACP Working for You In the mission to support the law enforcement leaders of today and develop the leaders of tomorrow, the IACP is constantly involved in advocacy, programs, research, and initiative...