December 2021 - Police Chief Magazine

Creating a Culture of Community-Based Change

It was a candid assessment from the new police chief in Pine Hill, New Jersey, after examining the culture of his agency and engaging in self-reflection: We need to do more to protect our youth. Ch...

Criminal Justice Reform

Pre-Arrest Deflection Programs

Substance use disorder has taken a tremendous toll in the United States in lives lost, families destroyed, personal incomes disrupted, and the associated childhood trauma causing intergenerational sub...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: The IACP Efforts to Help Support Public Health–Informed Policing

A recent study of 4.3 million emergency calls to police departments found 80 percent of callers believed that police are the best—and at times, the only—public responders able to respond....

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Shifting the Culture

Law enforcement officers are exposed to traumatic and stressful situations on a daily basis, often resulting in a cumulative, negative impact on their mental health. Research shows officers are at a s...

From the Director

From the Vice Dean: Making It Stop

“Hey Doctor—you pitched a shutout.” The text message came from the police commissioner shortly after we had left a public meeting known as Mayor’s Night....

The Brief

The Brief: Addressing Labor Trafficking in the United States

Labor trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of involuntary s...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Collaborate with Public Health Practitioners

How can police collaborate with public health practitioners to address shared challenges? I am a credentialed recovery advocate who has been in abstinence-based recovery since August 201...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Public Safety and Mass Demonstrations

Law enforcement executives and other government officials seeking abundant, clear, and practical crowd management research face disappointment due to scarce research findings on specific mass demonstr...