July 2021 - Police Chief Magazine

Addressing Implicit Bias in Policing

For the past few years, implicit bias and antidiscrimination have become buzzwords in many police departments; agencies have phoned in experts and mandated additional bias training for officers at an ...

Products & Services

State and Local Public Safety Facilities Alternative Financing Options

With nearly 19,000 state and local government police departments operating across the United States, the need to renovate or replace a headquarters, precinct, or substation facility is a critical issu...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

A Framework for Post-2020 Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships

Recent events have raised several new challenges for law enforcement agencies and placed existing and long-standing concerns regarding policing in a new light. In early 2020, the global COVID-19 pande...

Community-Police Engagement

Managing Communications to Increase Successful Outcomes for Civil Unrest

2020, the United States witnessed demonstrations and civil unrest on a scale not experienced in decades. Public safety professionals in the United States have a sacred duty to uphold the U.S. Constit...

Policy

Planning for First Amendment Demonstrations

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officers killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after arresting him for allegedly using counterfeit money. During the three months that followed...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Bringing Safety to Roadways

“In the United States alone, 20,000 first responders are injured each year when called out to traffic incidents,” said IACP Past President Chief Steven R. Casstevens...

IACP

IACP 2021 Annual Conference and Exposition Preview

The IACP 2021 Annual Conference and Exposition is only two months away! Taking place September 11–14, both in person in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, and online around the globe, this year�...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Fulfilling the Promise of DNA Analysis

In 1982—well before DNA was routinely used in forensic cases—the Victoria Police in Australia made a crucial decision. The agency began freezing biological material discovered at crime scenes, ant...