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Staffing the “Small” Department: Taking Stock of Existing Benchmarks and Promising Approaches

Staffing police departments is a continuous challenge and one that has become more complex in recent years. Immediately prior to the onset of the 2008 recession, police agencies had difficulty recruit...

Leadership

Transforming Underperforming Smaller Police Agencies into High-Performance Organizations

Many IACP members represent the nearly 18,000 state, local, and tribal agencies in the United States who serve populations of 50,000 or fewer with fewer than 25 sworn officers. These agencies are led ...

Youth

Can Police Officers Be Effective Mentors for At-Risk Youth?

Two years ago, Houston, Texas, Assistant Chief of Police Brian Lumpkin was assigned by Chief of Police Charles McClelland to increase and improve programming for the citizens of Houston. A federal fun...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement: Survey Results and Guiding Principles

Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and around the world are increasingly considering cloud computing as a viable option to support information management and operations. The IACP an...

Youth

Collaboration to Recover U.S. Exploited Youth: The FBI’s Innocence Lost National Initiative

Since 2003, FBI agents around the United States have partnered with state and local police officers to recover more than 2,300 children who have been forced into prostitution. In June 2003, the FBI...

From the Director

From The Acting Administrator: Law Enforcement’s Opportunity to Improve Juvenile Justice

Congress has charged the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) with two primary responsibilities. First, we must address the needs of youth who come into contact with the juven...

Victim Services

How Multidisciplinary Teams Achieve Success in Indian Country

In Indian Country, there is a significant problem with child abuse. In response to this, multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are put in place to effectively combat child abuse crimes. Law enforcement leade...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Partners with White House to Seek Law Enforcement Leadership Perspective on Immigration Reform

In February, the IACP partnered with the Obama administration to gather law enforcement leaders to discuss immigration reform. The first of several “listening tour” meetings was held at the White ...