Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Product Feature: Uniformed Excellence

The significance of a well-crafted uniform is best captured U.S. football star Deion Sanders’ words: “If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.” Although Sanders spoke of...

The Brief

The Brief: The Evolution of Railroad Police in North America

More than 170 years ago, on February 1, 1855, Alan Pinkerton was contracted to create one of the earliest known railroad police agencies. He was tasked to respond … without delay … give their p...

Exposition

Exposition: March 2025

Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacturers a...

Informer

Informer: March 2025

Research abounds on topics related to policing and criminal justice, and it can be difficult to sift through it all. Informer breaks down three studies for police leaders to help keep them up to date....

Technology

Inside the FBI/CJIS: The CJIS Advisory Process

When the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division shares its cutting-edge investigative and identification services with U.S. police agencies, it doesn’t do so in a vacuum. The ...

President's Message

President’s Message: A Collective Responsibility

When we hear elected officials, the media, and community members discuss the criminal justice system, almost always, these discussions focus on the police. However, as we know, the real criminal justi...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Fostering Support for All

When a public safety center in Oregon chose to partner with the Clatsop County Animal Assistance, they had planned to obtain a dog that would improve the mental health of their employees. What they...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: All Bark and No Empirical Bite

Recent research has placed one of policing’s most venerable tools—the K9 unit—under fresh empirical scrutiny. The findings of a new study run counter to long-held convictions on both sides of th...