Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Traffic Safety Initiatives: 5 Reasons to Send an Officer to DRE School

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 31,785 people were killed in traffic crashes during the first nine months of 2022. While this is down from the same period in 2...

From the Director

From the Director: On-the-Ground Response to Victims and Survivors of Mass Shootings

Recent massacres like those in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, leave families in grief, communities traumatized, victim service providers overwhelmed, and a nation reckoning with a sense of vuln...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Banning Facial Recognition Is Not the Answer

Recently, U.S. cities like San Francisco and Oakland in California, along with Somerville, Massachusetts, have banned the use of biometrics in the form of facial recognition by police and other city a...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Changing Perspective and Improving Resiliency

Invisible injuries due to miscommunication efforts, not receiving sound rationale for employer-employee decision-making, and a lack of closure may affect others within the workplace environment and po...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: The Next Generation of Crisis Response Training

During their careers, most law enforcement officers will have multiple contacts with individuals with behavioral health conditions (including mental health conditions and sub-stance use disorders) or ...

From the Director

From the Principal Deputy AAG: Supporting Law Enforcement Safety and Wellness

The dangers faced by law enforcement personnel are too often reduced in the public eye to the dramatic moments of a high-risk encounter. Once the immediate physical threat has passed, officers are som...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Which Tool Is the Right Tool?

One afternoon, the loss prevention associates of a local grocery store noticed a 17-year-old juvenile take food from the shelves and place the items into her backpack. An associate notified officers o...

Spotlight

Spotlight: HEATing Up Community Policing Efforts

“What is the most pressing issue facing law enforcement?” This is the question that has been at the center of many productive conversations in a South Florida metropolitan community. Through a ...