Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Tech Talk: Technology to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic

Communities across the world have long been plagued by the devastating impacts of illicit drugs on their citizens. Since the 1990s, the United States has been battling rising incidences of drug abu...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: We Do Not Know What We Do Not Know

The mission of traffic safety professionals is saving lives. It can be hard to accomplish that mission when we do not know what we do not know. For many, that rings true in traffic cases involving com...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Professional Wellness Section

Policing will always involve a balance of both reactive and proactive services and require officers to have a special set of skills. On any given day, a police officer must be reactive and respond ...

The Brief

The Brief: Using Roundtables to Drive Engagement, Collaboration & Innovation

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is dedicated to addressing the emerging needs of the law enforcement profession by creating opportunities for leaders to engage and collaborate...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Peer Support in Small and Rural Agencies

Peer support can be an important first step in an officer wellness strategy. In times of struggle or crisis, an officer may feel more comfortable initially seeking support from a peer who understands ...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Collecting Data for Safer Roadways

Motor vehicle fatalities have steadily risen since 2020. In the first half of 2020 alone, an estimated 20,175 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States....

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Waking Up to Fatigue-Related Well-Being Issues

There are many different shift patterns employed within policing. In the United Kingdom in particular, officers and staff don’t usually have the option to select a shift or schedule that works fo...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Understanding and Managing Your Next Crisis

One of the worst phone calls for any sheriff or chief is learning there is an officer down or that an officer took someone’s life. Most law enforcement executives have a solid plan for the immedi...