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Radicalization to Violence: What It Is, and What It Isn’t

Radicalization to violence is a critical subset of the terrorist threat. It is the process by which individuals—often, but not always, young people—are introduced to an overtly ideological message...

Line of Duty Deaths

December 2011 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...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: The IACP Partners with Motor Vehicle Administrators to Improve Officer and Highway Safety

Founded in 1933, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) is a nonprofit organization developing model programs in motor vehicle administration, law enforcement, and highway sa...

Index to Advertisers

December 2011 Index to Advertisers

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Terrorism

Unifying Processes for Threat Reporting and Information Sharing to Prevent Terrorist Attacks

Sharing information, especially potential threat-related information, is crucial to protecting the United States and its communities from a terrorist attack. Different agencies, at all levels of gover...

From the Director

From the Assistant Director: The U.S. Secret Service Partners with State, Local, and International Law Enforcement to Pursue the World’s Most Wanted Cybercriminals

In April 14, 1865, five days after the formal end of the American Civil War President Abraham Lincoln met with Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch to combat the United States’ overwhelming coun...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: “Predictable Is Preventable”

For many in law enforcement, this column’s title immediately conjures the teachings of Gordon J. Graham, the retired California Highway Patrol captain, attorney, and risk manager who over the years ...

Victim Services

How Police Can Use Hospital Laws to Speed Processing in Hospital Emergency Departments

Police chiefs throughout the United States are frequently confronted with situations where department overtime budgets are strained; physical effort levels are drained; and officers are frustrated by ...