January 2016

Products & Services: January 2016

The advertisers in this listing can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention the Police Chief when contacting our advertisers. Alzheimer’s Initiat...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 11/7/2015-11/28/2015

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 ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Officer Safety Corner: The IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club: A Year in Review with an Eye Toward the Future

As the 2015 IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club initiative wraps up and 2016 begins, the IACP reflects back on program changes and the successes achieved with an eye toward the year to come. A signif...

Traffic Safety

One County’s Efforts to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries and Fatalities

Traffic safety approaches often center around risks to drivers—excessive speed, failure to wear seat belts, distractions, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol—but there is another group...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: Pan/Parapan Am Games Traffic Planning and Execution

During the summer of 2015, Ontario, Canada, hosted the Pan/Parapan American Games (Games) in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area, which is the third-largest international multisport event and the larges...

Technology

President’s Message: Presidential Focus: Going Dark and the Challenges of Gathering Electronic Evidence

Ubiquitous access to interconnected mobile devices and other advanced communications systems has transformed how we live, work, and communicate, enabling global communication with the touch of a finge...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Storage Solutions: More Than Meets the Eye

For Hank and Kathy Scott, police work is personal. Their son is a law enforcement professional, and Kathy Scott’s great-grandfather was the first police officer in the history of Henrico County, Vir...

Victim Services

Providing Equal Justice to LGBTQ Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

Most law enforcement professionals know that intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault investigations can be the most challenging cases they will work during their careers. These cases often ...