Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

The Long and Winding Road: Understanding Legal Trends for Evaluating Emerging Technologies

The legal landscape concerning U.S. law enforcement’s use of a range of differing developing technologies can best be characterized as a long and winding road. Unlike many nations that have codified...

President's Message

President’s Message: A Blueprint for Reform and Advancements

As police chiefs and law enforcement professionals, our primary responsibility is to ensure the safety and well-being of our communities and our officers and to make sure that we are operating in the ...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Enhancing Rural Law Enforcement Response to Violence Against Women

The IACP, with the support of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), and in collaboration with numerous subject matter experts, has developed the Enhancing Rural Law Enforc...

The Brief

The Brief: Public-Private Partnerships—As Important as Ever for Police Effectiveness

There are many reasons that police departments may want to establish collaborative relationships with the private sector. In addition to marshaling resources to fight traditional crime, the new reali...

Exposition

Exposition: March 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 ...

IACP Net Bulletin

IACP Net Bulletin: IACP Net Periodicals Features Three New Publications

Looking for an article that you remember reading a couple years ago but can’t find the hard copy issue in your office? IACP Net’s Periodicals section houses articles from seven major publications,...

Traffic Safety

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Reducing Officer Deaths and Serious Injuries Related to Traffic Duties

On August 10, 1869, Patrolman John A. Branagan, a member of the New York Police Department (NYPD), was working on a traffic detail at the Hamilton Ferry in New York City. While assigned to his post, ...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Physical Demands of Patrol

The physical job demands of sworn peace officers assigned to patrol duties can be challenging to quantify. A starting point is to recognize perceived versus actual documented and researched demands...