March 2016

Ideas & Insights: Community Policing Revisited

Recent events across the United States suggest that the relationship between police officers and some members of the community—in a number of jurisdictions—may be at a crossroads. Several high-pro...

Community-Police Engagement

Ideas & Insights: Reply to Community Policing Revisited: Implementing the Principles of Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

Fundamental to community policing is the concept that the police and the public co-produce public safety through trust, legitimacy, information sharing—and above all—transparency. It’s also impe...

Youth

21st Century Youth-Focused Policing: Engaging Youth through the Six Pillars

The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing pointed out how a number of landmark events involving law enforcement responses in the United States have exposed “rifts in ...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Analytics Key to Delivering NG911 Data to Responders in a Post-FirstNet World

Real-time situation awareness and management is a critical component of any public safety program. Comprehensive insight into a city’s security and safety processes enables law enforcement officials...

Mass Casualty Attacks

CBP Air and Marine Operations—A Strategic Partner with Specialized Capabilities

On August 4, 2013, Southern California authorities issued an Amber Alert (missing child alert) for Hannah Anderson, a 16-year-old who was abducted from her California home. Authorities believed James ...

Community-Police Engagement

Community Engagement through Cultural Competency

Several controversial incidents across the United States involving law enforcement have raised the ire of segments of U.S. communities and shaken the trust some citizens have in their public safety of...

President's Message

President’s Message: Enhance Your Connection and Involvement with the IACP

For more than 120 years, the IACP has served as a leader in the law enforcement profession, striving each day to provide law enforcement professionals around the world with the skills, knowledge, and ...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposed

On February 9, 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama released his $4.23 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2017 proposed budget that outlines the administration’s spending priorities for the upcoming fiscal year...