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The Creation of the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom

The concept of “policing by consent” has been a cornerstone of law enforcement in the United Kingdom for almost 200 years. The willing cooperation of the public toward being policed, and the need ...

President's Message

President’s Message: Think Globally, Get Active

The IACP is an international organization supporting the leaders of today and developing the leaders of tomorrow. While the core of the IACP membership comprises U.S. police leaders, I am proud to say...

Community-Police Engagement

U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey: A Detailed Portrait of America’s People and Places

Throughout the year and across the United States, randomly selected households are receiving an official U.S. Census Bureau survey form. But since it is not a census year, many people are certain that...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Cincinnati HAZARD: A Place-Based Traffic Enforcement and Violent Crime Strategy

In 2006, the Cincinnati, Ohio, Police Department developed and implemented its Crash Analysis Reduction Strategy (CARS), which reduced traffic crashes through a series of focused strategies that reduc...

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Efforts Continue to Address Drugged Driving, But Is It Enough?

A growing body of research is confirming what law enforcement officers and traffic safety experts have suspected for years: that many licit, illicit, and over-the-counter drugs impair a driver’s abi...

Investigations

Eyewitness Identification: An Update on What Chiefs Need to Know

The police properly view their role as detecting what crime has been committed and who, in fact, committed it and who, in fact, did not. The investigative stage may be controlled by legal rules but it...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Has the Supreme Court Cleared the Air on K-9 Drug Sniffs? Two U.S. Supreme Court Cases on K-9 Drug Sniffs

Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions involved the use of trained dogs to sniff for drugs in an effort to develop probable cause to conduct a search. In the first case, Harris, the Court decided tha...

Traffic Safety

Highly Visible Traffic Enforcement Drives Truck and Bus Safety

The fundamental mission of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is to ensure that U.S. citizens travel safely from one destination to another. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...