Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Diverting the Distraction

Every day, roughly nine people are killed and more than 1,000 injured in crashes involving distracted driving. In 2018, distracted driving claimed the lives of more than 2,800 people in the United ...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Leadership Roles During Nationwide or Worldwide Crises

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 from our mentorship panel....

Exposition

Exposition: July 2020

Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacturers a...

Mental Health

The Lotus Project

Law enforcement officers are often the first responders to incidents involving people with mental health challenges or those with intellectual or developmental disabilities. In fact, law enforcement a...

Technology

Taiwan Police Service Mobile App

Given that smartphones are so deeply embedded into the daily lives of the people, Taiwan’s National Police Agency (NPA) developed and launched the Police Service App on August 13, 2012, to facilitat...

Mental Health

Emergency Service Detail for EDP Response

The Elgin Police Department extends its gratitude to the NYPD ESU along with Police Scotland and the Metropolitan London Police for sharing their knowledge and philosophy that created the framework fo...

Technology

Portable Police Fleet Drones

Police efficiency and operations could be significantly enhanced if small drones were mounted on police vehicles. Each of these field drones would have a loudspeaker and a microphone and would be oper...