Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Perspectives: Threat of Extremists Infiltrating an Agency through Hiring Process

One of the most important and challenging tasks for a chief is to hire the right people. A basic criminal history check cannot identify behavioral traits that indicate a candidate’s unsuitability fo...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Importance of Community Policing

Community policing is important because it is designed to build relationships that lead to partnerships with community stakeholders. The best way to address community challenges is to listen to and le...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Investigating Police Suicide

People like to try and explain things in the simplest of terms. This is no different with suicide. When someone in law enforcement dies by suicide, one may hear statements like those in the sidebar fr...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Addressing “Pothole Issues”

Law enforcement can enhance roadway safety by pursuing meaningful solutions to everyday traffic safety concerns. Guided by the principles of community-oriented policing, law enforcement should strive ...

Product Feature

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...