Dani Gudakunst, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Legislative Alert: IACP Voices Support for the FIRST STEP Act

In June, the IACP voiced its support for the FIRST STEP Act (S. 2795/H.R. 5682) and applauded the bill sponsors, Representatives Doug Collins (R-GA) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senators John Cornyn...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Harmonizing Police Technology Acquisitions with Policing Strategy

For police agencies, a major technology acquisition can be a change agent that elevates operations while building trust within communities. But when police technology choices are not sufficiently inte...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Officer Safety Corner: Arming Police Officers with Psychological Survival Strategies

For 50 years, police psychologists have taken an increasingly central role in many police organizations. Unfortunately, a significant gap exists between what psychologists do for law enforcement agenc...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: What Potential Sanctions Trigger Garrity Protection?

It is not unusual, during an internal affairs investigation, for an officer (or the officer’s attorney), when asked a question to which the answer might be incriminating, to inquire, “What is the ...

The Dispatch

The Dispatch: July 2018

In May, Police Chief asked readers which type of transnational crime was the greatest threat to their communities. Here’s what you told us:...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Less-Lethal Weapons Require Training to Be Effective Force Options

In current times, officer-civilian interactions face unprecedented scrutiny, particularly incidents that result in the use of firearms by either or both parties. Firearms are one of the tools ...

IACP Working for You

IACP Working for You: IACP Net: Solutions to Make Law Enforcement Leaders’ Jobs Easier

Law enforcement leaders address pressing issues, threats, and challenges that can impact their departments or communities daily. Sometimes though, the answers they need are not always clear. When lead...

Crime & Violence

Partnerships to Prevent Violence: Policing with Hospital Data

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, over half of all violent crimes in the United States go unreported.1 This means that, often, the only way for law enforcement agencies to improve public sa...