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From the Director: Training to Ensure Law Enforcement Readiness

The United States’ invigorated focus on fighting terrorism around the globe and in our own backyard created a demand for law enforcement training beyond what the FLETC had ever experienced. Since 20...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Crowd Management and Civil Rights Protection

The demonstrations of the past year—including the Occupy movement, the flash mobs, and the sports championships—clearly put law enforcement agencies on notice that they have an obligation to prepa...

From the Director

From the Acting Director: ATF: Combating Violent Crime

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is committed to working with our international, federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners to investigate and prevent vio...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP-Supported Legislation Gains Committee Approval

The House Committee on the Judiciary recently approved H.R. 6062, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) Program Reauthorization Act of 2012. Byrne-JAG provides funds to ass...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: House Approves Byrne-JAG Reauthorization

The House of Representatives recently approved IACP-supported legislation: H.R. 6062, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012. The Edward Byrne Memori...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Justice Information Sharing: The Tools Are Now Available

Information is the lifeblood of effective justice and public safety. The integration of justice, public safety, intelligence, and other governmental information transcends the day-to-day operational n...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Require Special Handling at Crash Scenes

There are currently 2.3 million hybrid and electric vehicles on the road in the United States.1 Hybrid and electric vehicle sales increased more than 50 percent in March 2012 over the same month in 20...

Leadership

Leadership in Police Organizations: The Leading Edge

This truth is undeniable: The world is getting smaller—and more complicated. The high-speed, technological age in which we live has blurred boundaries and has brought into proximity personalities an...