David Teodosio at Police Chief Magazine

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Closing the Drug Intelligence Gap

In 2018, Ohio had the fifth highest age-adjusted drug poisoning (overdose) mortality rate in the United States, with 39,257 suspected fatal and nonfatal drugs poisonings (13–14 fatal poisonings a da...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: The Value of Communication and Trust

In September 2024, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) released data reflecting the longest police response times in decades on record. According to the police union, the NYPD’s response dela...

Legislative Update

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Senate Moves on Reconciliation

June 27, 2025 Congress is continuing to work on the “One Big Beautiful Bill”, the budget reconciliation package for FY 2025. After the House passed its version in May by a narrow 215–214 vote, ...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: It’s Not Just the Job

Since there have been humans, there have been threats to human life. Since there have been threats to survival, there have been warriors and protectors fighting to keep their people alive and thriving...

Investigations

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Investigating Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons

The crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) is one of the most urgent and complex public safety challenges facing police agencies in the United States. Indigenous communities—partic...

Investigations

A Paradigm Shift in Science-Based Interviewing

A few years ago, Captain Christian Cory (Wichita, Kansas, Police Department) had the following experience: I was receiving my yearly evaluation from my commander in the homicide section. He asked m...

Legislative Update

President’s Budget, Executive Orders on Drones, and IACP Letters of Support

June 13, 2025 On May 30, the president released the proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. Each year, the administration submits a budget request to Congress outlining spending levels and policy ...

Traffic Safety

Equipping Investigators for Vehicle-Involved Cases

Often criminal activity involves a motor vehicle to get the actors to or from a criminal act or to carry out the crime. In the case of vehicle theft, the vehicle is the central element of the crime, w...