April 2018 - Police Chief Magazine

Turning the Tables: Intelligent Video Analytics in 21st Century Policing

Take a moment to imagine what the future could hold: It is 2:00 a.m. in Modesto, California. Among hundreds of video feeds, filtering into the Modesto Police Department’s real-time crime center, one...

Victim Services

The Effect of Cultural Bias on the Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Assault

This past year saw revelations of sexual harassment in several different arenas, including the realms of entertainment, news media, sports, and politics. Some of what has been exposed are criminal act...

Victim Services

What Does the Data Tell Us About Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services?

Despite major legal and policy developments on behalf of crime victims since the landmark passage of the Victims of Crime Act in 1984 (VOCA), U.S. federal data collection efforts illustrate that signi...

Victim Services

Overcoming Fear and Building Trust with Immigrant Communities and Crime Victims

One of the most intimidating tools abusers and traffickers of undocumented immigrants use is the threat of deportation. Abusers and other criminals use it to maintain control over their victims and ...

Victim Services

Informing and Supporting Original Victims of Crime During Post-Conviction Exonerations

When a violent crime occurs, the crime survivor or victim’s family is forever altered. Broken pieces of former lives have scattered and disappeared and attempting to put things back together the way...

IACP

Police Week 2018

Each year during Police Week, communities across the United States hold memorial services in remembrance of police officers who have made the supreme sacrifice for their communities. Also during this ...

Investigations

Healing the Wounds of Hatred

It isn’t often that a hate-driven incident creates an opportunity for positive community building and fosters unity and forgiveness between the suspect and victims. However, for the city of Meriden,...

Victim Services

Ending Violence Against Women and the Abuse of Power

I still remember the words of my father, a gentle man. He used to say “the greatest sin that can be committed is the abuse of power. And the cardinal sin of all sins is abuse against a woman or a c...