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Safety and Health Protection Efforts in the Police Service

From 2000 to 2009, an average of 141 police officers in the United States died each year from injuries sustained in the line of duty (excluding job-related illnesses and 72 deaths as a result o...

President's Message

President’s Message: Social Media Solutions Specific to You

Social media has become a vital and ever-expanding component of society in countries around the world. From unrest in the Middle East to the disasters in Haiti and Japan, social media has played a sig...

Global Policing

Supporting the Work of Police Officers in Postconflict Countries

Police officers from around the world deploy to conflict zones to assist in promoting the rule of law and specifically to aid in the reform of dysfunctional police forces. Many of them serve as part o...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Traffic Enforcement Faces Interesting Times

There is an old curse once attributed to the Chinese but that is more likely of English origin that goes, “May you live in interesting times.” It is the first of three supposed curses of increasin...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: “I Am”: Prevention Targeted at Young Drivers

Young drivers are a demographic that is consistently overrepresented in traffic crashes. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States. In fact, eight teenage...

President's Message

President’s Message: A Fundamental Change and a Call to Action

One of my top priorities as IACP president is the Policing in the 21st Century Initiative. My goal is to use the reach and the breadth of the IACP to bring together law enforcement leaders f...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: FMLA Leave for the Birth of a Child

Consider this: A male officer asks a female chief about working revised hours and receiving some time off. He explains that his wife, who works for the town library, had a baby a few weeks ago and has...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Getting Smart about Compliance

The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is responsible for tracking law enforcement attendance at all POST-certified training courses. Twenty-four hours of cont...