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November 2012 Products & Services

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about—and benefit from—some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law enforcement ...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: National Crime Information Center Violent Person File: No Routine Encounter

Any police chief who is alerted in the middle of the night to the reality that an officer has been fatally wounded understands firsthand that one loss is unacceptable. Yet, the number of law enforceme...

Leadership

Organization-Wide Leadership: Expanding the Traditional Succession Planning Model

What occurs within a police agency when the organizational leader vacates the position, whether the departure is planned or it occurs rather abruptly? Will the organization flounder, or will it move i...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Misconduct by Experienced Police Officers

The study focuses on crimes committed by experienced police officers who are approaching retirement. Police scholars have traditionally been interested in the formative experiences that occur near the...

Education & Training

The Door to Advancement in Criminal Justice Is Education, and Chiefs Are the Key: A Police Chief’s Perspective

The police chief is responsible for controlling the resources of the police department in an effort to preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and enforce the law. Although this is an accura...

Leadership

The Police Chief as Coach: Analogies between Sports and Effective Police Leadership

In the fall of every year, college football captures national attention. For all college football fans that catch the fever, there is nothing more exciting than waking up on Saturday morning, checking...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Year Ahead: Serving the Leaders of Today, Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is truly a remarkable organization. For the past 119 years, the IACP has blazed a trail for professional law enforcement leaders around the glo...

IACP

A Summer Abroad: The IACP International Policing Division International Conferences and Symposiums 2012

The IACP was founded 119 years ago by police chiefs who realized that fulfilling their duties required that they work together, share information, and consistently communicate. Today, the IACP ...