July 2025

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How to Launch a Successful Real-Time Crime Center

Big and small, cities everywhere are trying to get a handle on crime and keep people safe. Much of this falls on the shoulders of police and other public safety teams. These agencies are working aroun...

Legislative Update

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Breakdown of the Reconciliation Bill and Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bills

July 25, 2025 In recent weeks, Congress and the Administration have taken significant action to shape federal funding and policy priorities affecting policing and public safety. On July 4, President ...

Crime & Violence

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Deflection Turns 10

Ten years ago, an article appeared in the September 2015 issue of IACP’s Police Chief magazine that would introduce a new word into the U.S. police and justice lexicon: deflection. Eventually, the...

Education & Training

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Safeguarding Officers Amid the Addiction Crisis

Along with other regions around the world, North America has been battling a historic crisis in addiction and overdose.1 The devastating human and financial toll of this crisis has received well-deser...

Legislative Update

Appropriations Process Underway

July 11, 2025 With President Trump’s signing of the FY 2025 budget reconciliation package—formally titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—Congress has shifted its focus to the FY 2026 approp...

Drugs & Alcohol

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The Troubling Drug-Transit Convergence

The expansive U.S. rail network—long a symbol of economic development and connectivity—is increasingly being exploited for the transportation and distribution of illicit narcotics. Rail transit sy...