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Schedule Matters: The Movement to Compressed Work Weeks

The compressed work week (CWW) is a schedule in which officers work longer but fewer days in a work cycle. These schedules are not new in policing; since the early 1970s, this topic has been the focus...

IACP

IACP Foundation and Northwestern University Invest in Future Law Enforcement Leaders

One sergeant plus one lieutenant plus 10 weeks of no-cost training add up to an invaluable investment in local law enforcement leadership. The IACP Foundation is proud to recognize the two candidates ...

Products & Services

March 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

Performance Management for Policing

New and emerging technologies are playing an increasingly crucial role in the daily work of frontline law enforcement officers, equipping them with enforcement and investigative tools that have the po...

Line of Duty Deaths

March 2012 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 their communities and the...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Information Technology and Radio Convergence: What Law Enforcement Leaders Can Do to Develop Their Members

In 1979, I helped with the first implementation of a computer-aided dispatch and records management system in Ottawa. Part of the project dealt with Canada’s first ever use of mobile data terminals....

Product Update

March 2012 Product Update

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufactur...

Index to Advertisers

March 2012 Index to Advertisers

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