Dani Gudakunst, Author at Police Chief Magazine

The Landscape of Police Education and Training 2037

The first U.S. police training academy was August Vollmer’s Berkeley Police School, which opened in 1908.1 At the time, most agencies did not provide formal training to new officers, and the idea of...

Technology

NIBRS: The Future of U.S. Crime Data

The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) system for collecting and compiling crime data from across the United States. More detailed th...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Youth Attitudes Regarding Police Effectiveness and Trust in One Midsize City

A number of high-profile deadly force encounters over the past couple of years have sent a shockwave of anti-police rhetoric across the United States. The resulting tension has caused some officers to...

Leadership

Leadership of Volunteer, Reserve, and Auxiliary Policing Units: Motivations and Incentives for Success

The use of volunteers for government service can contribute to civic engagement, partnership in governance, and institutional transparency. Law enforcement is no exception, and throughout the United S...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Raising the Bar for Traffic Enforcement—Police Chiefs’ Important Role in Traffic Safety

Traffic safety programs form an integral component of an effective, comprehensive law enforcement operation. Unfortunately, not all law enforcement executives—perhaps even all those reading this col...

Leadership

A Window to the Future of Policing in the Ontario Provincial Police

What might policing look like for a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in 2037? No one can claim to know with certainty, but it is possible to speculate based on some of the trends observed...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Year in Review: You Spoke, We Listened

It’s hard to believe that almost a year ago I was being sworn in as the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. As I take a moment to reflect back on the past year, I can’t...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Criminal Refusal of Chemical Tests

As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito noted in Birchfield v. North Dakota, “[d]runk drivers take a grisly toll on the Nation’s roads, claiming thousands of lives, injuring many more victims, and inf...