Camryn Nethken, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Mensaje del presidente: Respuesta a la violencia con armas de fuego

Return to the original English column. La violencia con armas de fuego se ha vuelto algo demasiado común en los países de todo el mundo. Ya sea por experimentar ataques dirigidos, violencia en masa ...

português

Mensagem do presidente: Resposta à violência por armas de fogo

Return to the original English column. A violência por armas de fogo se tornou comum demais em países de todo o mundo. Sejam esses eventos ataques direcionados, violência em massa ou suicídios, es...

Crime & Violence

The Changing Face of Firearms in New Zealand

At 1:40 p.m. on March 15, 2019, New Zealand faced its worst firearms attack in the country’s history. Within moments, the first of many reports reached the emergency floor of the Justice Precinct Bu...

Victim Services

Crime Victim Advocacy in the Aftermath of Firearms Crime

When someone discharges a firearm in an act of violence, this affects the lives of multiple people within a community. One successful model for addressing the impacts of crimes on a community—and sp...

Technology

Intentional Firearm Microstamping: A Technology to Help Solve Gun Crimes and Reduce Violence

“Responding officer reports a non-responsive gunshot victim with multiple shell casings near the body.” This initial report is all too familiar for police personnel in many U.S. communities, as fi...

Investigations

Testing a Modified Procedure for Conducting Showups with Eyewitnesses

Eyewitness evidence can play a crucial role in criminal investigations, and, in many instances, eyewitness identifications provide the only substantive evidence available to investigators. Of course, ...

Crime & Violence

Sexual Violence: Stopping Child Sexual Abuse

She was the perfect target. The child of a single mom, Tanya Weiland was only two years old when her dad was arrested for domestic violence and only six when her mother died of breast cancer, leaving ...

The Brief

The Brief: Expanding Evidence-Based Policing

Evidence-based policing (EBP) is defined as a method of making decisions about what works in policing—which practices and strategies accomplish police missions most cost-effectively and with the lea...