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IACP Abroad: 9th IACP South American Executive Policing Conference

The IACP held its 9th South American Executive Policing conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 21–23, at the Rio Centro Convention Center. The host, Secretary of Public Safety for Rio de Janei...

IACP

IACP Foundation: A Personal Message: Year in Review and Foundations for the Future

As I look back on my year as chair of the IACP Foundation, I have several thoughts I would like to share with you. First and foremost, I want to say “thank you” to the IACP membership for its supp...

Community-Police Engagement

Implicit Bias and Law Enforcement

Racial profiling has been an obvious point of contention between law enforcement and minority group members. Over the past decade, the term “bias-based policing” has been coined, and the subject h...

IACP

In Memory of Chief James P. Damos, 1919–2011, IACP President, 1981–1982

Damos served as chief of police for the University City, Missouri, Police Department for 28 years, retiring in 1989. He had never even been a police officer when University City asked him to become po...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Legislation Introduced That Would Allocate $4 Billion to Law Enforcement

In mid-September, the administration proposed a plan that includes $5 billion for “first responder stabilization.” The plan allocates $4 billion for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: License Plates Used to Apprehend Felons

The license plate remains a vital, cost-effective, and readily identifiable law enforcement tool. Every U.S. state and Canadian province mandates its display, and information concerning one is accessi...

Technology

Multiband Radio Enables Dynamic Communications Interoperability

When police officers pursue suspects across jurisdictional lines, relaying information to partner agencies through a dispatcher wastes precious minutes. Likewise, when firefighters respond to an apart...

Products & Services

October 2011 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...