Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Holistic Training Builds Resiliency in Traffic Safety Officers

On a warm day in July, 60 traffic agents of the Autoridades Municipales de Tránsito (AMT) of Quito, Ecuador, sat quietly in a training room, each savoring a piece of chocolate....

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Balancing the Personnel File for Positive and Negative

A few years ago, a friend of mine received a purple heart for an injury received in the line of duty. During a tense standoff, his job was to hold the perimeter with another deputy as resources were b...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Stress Relief

Stress, with all its disparate forms and causes, is all too common these days in law enforcement. On-the-job pressures, intense public scrutiny, and ongoing personnel shortages can and do put big stra...

President's Message

President’s Message: Policing and Public Health

Police and public health professionals are tackling some of the same challenging issues: violence; individuals with mental illness; persons experiencing homelessness; and people with substance use dis...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Intervention Programs Assist At-Risk Youth

Law enforcement agencies are being challenged to find creative ways to integrate community services into their response processes, bringing essential community partners in to address a community’s s...

Exposition

Exposition: November 2021

Stay up to date on new products and advances in technology to ensure your officers are equipped with the tools they need. Body Armor Plates ShotStop Ballistics Technologies, LLC (ShotStop), an innovat...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Positive Interactions Bring Cultural Change

A single interaction with a police officer can influence someone’s perception of an entire agency. Knowing this, many agencies are looking for ways to create positive impressions within their commun...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Industrial Hygiene for Law Enforcement Agencies

Police officers are 4 times more likely to be fatally injured and 17 times more likely to suffer a nonfatal injury or illness than the average worker for all occupations in the United States.1 While t...