Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

IACP@Work: Bridging Perspectives and Building Relationships with University Students

To be effective, law enforcement officers need to understand the diverse communities they serve and know how to appropriately converse with those community members during both routine interactions and...

Technology

Remote Drone Dispatch: Law Enforcement’s Future?

With advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, specifically nests, it may now be possible to deploy autonomous UAVs to assist officers with in-progress calls for service.�...

Recruitment & Personnel

Police Hiring in the #MeToo Era

Law enforcement is facing a crisis of public trust and confidence in the wake of highly publicized incidents that called into question the legitimacy of the profession. In the wake of the Black Lives ...

Community-Police Engagement

Building Community-Police Relations by Building Community-Community Relations

Building relationships between the police and “the community” is deeply complicated. In truth, there are always multiple communities that police need to build relationships with, especially in urb...

Spotlight

Spotlight: The Police Autism Patch Challenge

Like many officers, Detective Christopher T. Greco of the New Rochelle Police Department (New York) has two full-time roles: officer and parent. As the father of a young teen who has autism and is non...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Body-Worn Cameras Show Policing Policy Can’t Afford to Hide from Evidence

In 2014, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man. The chain reaction of events that followed still reverberates years later in con...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Cops, Pink Mohawks, and Mindfulness

Cringe-worthy videos of negative police interactions with the pub- lic continue to make news headlines. Like all people, officers enter situations on duty and off duty with their own issues or proble...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Turning the Focus Toward Labor Trafficking—IACP’s Investigations and Prosecutions Training

Imagine a buffet restaurant with more than 15 workers who have been forced to work at least six 13-hour days per week at a rate well below minimum wage. These individuals paid hard-scraped money to be...