Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Focus on Officer Wellness: The Different Types of Fitness Testing in Law Enforcement

The use of fitness testing in law enforcement is often a contentious issue. This is true even when the need for assessments can be supported; the tests selected and the setting of standards become cha...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Clearing the Scene and Training for Drug Screens—A Look at IACP’s Traffic Safety Initiatives

During the third Senior Executive Transportation and Public Safety Summit on November 14, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao told the audience of public safety professionals, Since...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Service Dogs for Posttraumatic Support

As officer wellness programs start up and expand in agencies worldwide, the Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department (FCPD) has taken an innovative step by teaming up with a nonprofit organization ...

Investigations

Implementing a Regional Preventive Crime Gun Strategy

According to a report by the Police Foundation and the Major Cities Chiefs Association, major city and county law enforcement leaders identified ballistic imaging tools as the most helpful, followed b...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Variations of Body-Worn Camera Activations

Increasingly, police departments around the globe are requiring their officers to wear body-worn cameras (BWCs) and while research has been conducted on the impact those cameras have, there has been v...

Education & Training

FASTC—A New Diplomatic Security Training Facility for Unique Challenges Overseas

In a dark, smoke-filled room and stairway—also known as a “smokehouse” in training lingo—a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) special agent safely evacuates others, thus experiencing the sensat...

Crime & Violence

Gun Violence in the United States and the Victimized Youth

Over half of the world’s gun deaths took place in six countries: Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela, and the United States. What’s more is that 94 percent of the most violent cities i...

français

Message du Président : Réponse à la violence armée

Return to the original English column. La violence armée n’est que trop banale dans les pays du monde entier. Qu’il s’agisse d’attaques ciblées, de violence de masse ou de suici...