Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Spotlight: Scoring Goals for Community Engagement

After about a month of planning and many hours spent practicing, anxious players donned their jerseys and laced up skates on a cold winter night in January. When they stepped onto the ice, they...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: The Benefits of International Police Exchange

The UAE Academy Exchange program was initiated in the spring of 2021 as a collaboration between the IACP; the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior (UAE MOI); the IACP’s World Regional Office in...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Connecticut Addresses the Needs of Drivers with Disabilities

Traffic safety education and enforcement is a core responsibility and duty of law enforcement officers throughout the United States. When a police officer conducts a traffic stop on an individual with...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Professional Policing and Knowledge Work

In 1966, the legendary management consultant and business scholar Peter F. Drucker coined the term “knowledge worker” to describe employees who apply theoretical knowledge and analytical expertise...

The Brief

The Brief: An Outward Mindset Powering Multicultural Policing

For many years, police “diversity” or “cultural competence” programs focused on presenting characteristics of certain racial or ethnic groups. That approach is inadequate and can be quite h...

Product Feature

Product Feature: The Continuous Evolution of the Body-Worn Camera

Few things, if any, have evolved faster in the law enforcement community in recent years than the body-worn camera. First developed in the mid-2000s, original models could be a challenge to wear, o...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Advice for Police Leadership

Experience is often said to be the best teacher. Each month, a question asked by a new chief of police or future law enforcement executive is answered by experienced leaders. This month we asked “Wh...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Law Enforcement and Multicultural Community Collaboration

Consider developing an outreach plan to build trust with multicultural communities. The plan can include non-enforcement informal engagement, educational events on rights and procedures, mutual cross-...