Dani Gudakunst, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Practices in Modern Policing: Highlighting Contemporary Community Policing Innovation

The Advancing 21st Century Policing Initiative, launched by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the IACP in 2016, worked with 15 law enforcement agencies diverse in size, location, ...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Video Evidence in the Courtroom – Technology Challenges and Standards

Most courts throughout North America have failed to keep up with visual evidence presentation technologies, even though the source image quality continues to march forward. In today’s surveillance ...

Human & Civil Rights

The Positive Impact of Religious Diversity on a Police Force

Deputy Navdeep Singh Nijjar was 14 years old when his family moved from his native home of Punjab, India, to Houston, Texas, in 2000. He had family in Texas, so he knew enough about U.S. culture to kn...

Leadership

The Virtuous Leader

It’s one thing to be a leader in name and another in fact. In the absence of virtue, a putative leader is, at best, a mere manager, and, at worst, a bully or tyrant. The phrase “virtuous leader”...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Teaching Financial Resilience Is Essential to a Successful Wellness Program

Debt is bad for both physical health and emotional well-being. A 15-year longitudinal study of 8,400 U.S. adults found that excessive debt significantly increases the likelihood of hypertension and st...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: New Senior Abuse Financial Tracking and Accounting Tool

Crimes against the elderly population are increasing at an alarming rate. Among these crimes, the financial exploitation of older adults is the most common. However, financial crimes are often very c...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Preparing Future Leaders

Q: What is the best strategy for developing and preparing future police leaders?...

Informer

Informer – January 2019

Research abounds on topics related to law enforcement and criminal justice, and it can be difficult to sift through it all. Informer breaks down three studies for law enforcement leaders to help keep ...