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The Volunteers in Police Service Program Contributes Ten Years of Added Value to Law Enforcement Agencies

Volunteers have been formally and informally supporting law enforcement efforts for more than a century through auxiliary and reserve programs. Over the years, the growth of the community policing mov...

Mental Health

Law Enforcement Suicide: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

Is suicide among law enforcement professionals a problem? Various sources report 300 completed police suicides annually.1 Other sources report that a law enforcement officer (LEO) is more likely to di...

President's Message

President’s Message: What Is PREA? And Why Does It Matter to Law Enforcement?

As law enforcement executives, we are faced with many challenges on a daily basis while still remaining well informed to emerging issues. A critical emerging and challenging issue that I want to ensur...

Product Update

Product Update: May 2012

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President's Message

President’s Message: An Assault on the COPS Office

There can be little doubt that the community policing philosophy has caused professional policing to witness a dramatic change in the last 20 years. This edition of Police Chief is dedicated to explo...

Products & Services

May 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 c...

Technology

Arresting Results: How One District Achieved a 70 Percent Closure Rate with Video Alarms

In addition to ensuring the safety of about 70,000 schoolchildren and thousands of staff members, the Detroit Public School Police Department (DPS PD) is responsible for protecting more than 230 facil...

Line of Duty Deaths

May 2012 LODD

Line of Duty Deaths “They will be remembered—not for the way they died, but for how they lived.” The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for...