David Teodosio at Police Chief Magazine

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Deflection Turns 10

Ten years ago, an article appeared in the September 2015 issue of IACP’s Police Chief magazine that would introduce a new word into the U.S. police and justice lexicon: deflection. Eventually, the...

Education & Training

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Safeguarding Officers Amid the Addiction Crisis

Along with other regions around the world, North America has been battling a historic crisis in addiction and overdose.1 The devastating human and financial toll of this crisis has received well-deser...

Legislative Update

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Appropriations Process Underway

July 11, 2025 With President Trump’s signing of the FY 2025 budget reconciliation package—formally titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—Congress has shifted its focus to the FY 2026 approp...

Drugs & Alcohol

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The Troubling Drug-Transit Convergence

The expansive U.S. rail network—long a symbol of economic development and connectivity—is increasingly being exploited for the transportation and distribution of illicit narcotics. Rail transit sy...

Drugs & Alcohol

The Transnational Phenomenon of Drug Trafficking

Drug trafficking is a highly complex, transnational, and constantly changing criminal practice, posing continuous and substantial challenges to public security forces. This is a phenomenon that direct...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Going Beyond Face Value

Facial recognition technology (FRT) emerged 50 years ago from experiments that measured facial attributes to search for matches on a semi-automated system.1 Modern FRT is an electronic system that us...

Drugs & Alcohol

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Defeating the Fentanyl Crisis

In the battle against synthetic opioids, the spotlight is often on the United States, where fentanyl devastates communities, driving record-breaking overdose deaths and overwhelming police and public ...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Detection in 60 Seconds

Impaired drivers pose a critical threat to public safety, and officers must be equipped with tools to detect impairment quickly and accurately. Advanced techniques can enhance the efficiency and sensi...