Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Product Feature: Managing the Life Cycle of Digital Evidence

As technology continues to expand, so does the type of information that can be collected as evidence to assist in an investigation. From body-worn camera, dashcam, and CCTV footage to photos, emergenc...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Suspects, Supplies, or Sufferers

Would you prefer being forced to eat ice cream after every meal for a month or not being allowed to eat any ice cream for a month? Even if ice cream is your favorite dessert, eating it after every mea...

Spotlight

Spotlight: A Beacon of HOPE

Hope. It’s a word that many law enforcement officers are familiar with as they try to bring it to the communities they serve. But, for two California-based agencies, “hope” has an alternative me...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Enhancing Conviction Integrity through Forensics

Maintaining the integrity of case outcomes depends on understanding and effectively presenting all types of forensic evidence. The ability to accurately depict, and even reconstruct, case elements req...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Police-Based Youth Diversion

A police youth resource officer (YRO) diversion model has re-cently shown success in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, not only in reducing juvenile arrests but also in connecting youth to service...

The Brief

The Brief: Leadership Institute to Combat Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is not a new phenomenon, but varying ideas regarding what human trafficking is and how to address it have been oversimplified and inaccurate in the past. This has made it difficult t...

President's Message

President’s Message: Enhancing Emergency & Critical Incident Response

Around the world, the month of June is known for floods, landslides, cyclones, hurricanes, brushfires, and wildfires, so let’s talk about policing’s ability to respond to natural disasters and the...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: A Better Way to Manage Evidence from Cameras to Courtroom

Building criminal cases that lead to arrests or prosecution isn’t always a straightforward process. From security cameras and body-worn camera recordings to phone captures on social media, law enfor...