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Officer Safety Corner: Explosive Materials and Officer Safety

One of the most dangerous challenges facing police officers today is responding to threats to homeland security—in particular, responding to threats dealing with explosives and explosive materials. ...

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Officer Safety Corner: Medical Care at the Street Level: Patrol Officers’ Role in Lifesaving Measures

Historically, emergency medical services (EMS) have been viewed as the domain of the fire service or free-standing ambulance divisions. In fact, many fire departments rely on providing EMS as a...

President's Message

President’s Message: Police Officer Suicide: It’s Time to Talk About It

The IACP’s top priority is and always will be officer safety. In 2002, the IACP, through the Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACOP), initiated the SafeShield Project, with a goal...

IACP

IACP News: Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards Released: What Local Law Enforcement Needs to Know

On May 17, the U.S. Department of Justice released standards for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), designed to detect, prevent, and respond to sexual abuse in confinement settings. There are spe...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Recognizing the True Cost of Low Morale

Dwight D. Eisenhower once said of the military, “Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.” The business world has also found this to be true; several studies and companies have fou...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Homicide Solvability

This brief provides an overview of recent research findings pertaining to clearance rates for homicide. This is traditionally defined by a calculation of the annual number of homicides solved in a loc...

Technology

Reinventing the Police Report for the 21st Century: Are Video Police Reports the Answer?

Consider this: Officers respond to a call of domestic violence in progress. They arrive to hear a woman’s screams of pain and anguish emanating from somewhere in the back of the house. They h...

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Chief’s Counsel: Reviewing Use-of-Force Practices

The basic rule of law regarding the use of force is that any use of force must be objectively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances in which it is employed.1 This has not changed. However...