Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Spotlight: Transforming Policing through Telemedicine

With the ongoing opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic contributing to the increase of mental health crises, many law enforcement agencies are feeling additional pressure since their officers or deput...

The Brief

The Brief: Mindfulness Toolkit to Improve Overall Health

Practicing mindfulness has been found to lower blood pressure; assist with chronic pain management; and reduce anxiety, perceived stress, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Mindfulness can also incre...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Why Not Stoicism?

Being a police officer in modern society is a very challenging undertaking. The profession can be very stressful and affect even people with the strongest wills....

Product Feature

Product Feature: Providing Support to Those Who Serve

The public safety field can be full of traumatic experiences that could result in long-term effects. About 80 percent of first responders will experience a mental health–related issue in their caree...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Healing in the Wake of Harm

Acts of mass violence present unique challenges for law enforcement leaders tasked with keeping their communities and officers safe during a time of intense pressure. Police have numerous responsib...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Geofence Warrants

State and local law enforcement are increasingly turning to Google data in search of suspects for serious crimes. Location tracking data are one way for law enforcement to seek out suspects in the vic...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: The Promise of Data Sophistication in Decreasing Traffic Fatalities

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2020, 38,824 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes—the largest number of fatalities s...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Increasing Fairness and Effectiveness

There is strong evidence from multiple rigorous evaluations that police can effectively reduce crime when they focus on proactive strategies like hot spots policing.1 But there are concerns that fo...