February 2018 - Police Chief Magazine

Sentiment Analysis: The Missing Link in Police Performance Management Systems

In the eyes of many, the profession of policing is facing a crisis of trust and confidence in what has come to be called the “Post-Ferguson” era. This crisis illustrates a vital lesson for local g...

Education & Training

Safe at Home

The decision to develop a state-of-the-art facility to train police officers, firefighters, and EMT personnel is among the most critical that leaders in any community can make and conversations about ...

Technology

Coming Out of the Dark

The modern, digitally connected world has created enormous benefits for individual’s business and personal lives. People have the opportunity to connect for commercial and social reasons more easily...

President's Message

President’s Message: Solving Crimes in the Lab: Understanding the Role of Forensic Science in Policing

Forensic science. The phrase often brings to mind the labs filled with futuristic technology featured on popular television shows like CSI, Bones, NCIS, and other crime dramas, where every fingerpr...

Investigations

Booking Station Hits: Arrestee Rapid DNA Analysis, Enrollment, and CODIS Hits

What if law enforcement could determine during booking if the arrestee being fingerprinted and photographed matched DNA evidence left 10 years ago at a murder scene hundreds of miles away in another s...

Drugs & Alcohol

U.S. Opioid and Fentanyl Case Occurrence in Crime Labs: A Survey

In August and September 2017, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) requested information from crime laboratories across the United States regarding opioids in controlled substanc...

Investigations

Addressing the Complexities of Digital Evidence

As noted in a 2014 Police Chief article, “Assessing the Impact of Digital Evidence on State and Local Policing,” the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has recognized that stat...