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President’s Message: The Year in Review (October 2010)

The last year has been challenging, exciting, and rewarding from both a personal and professional perspective. The opportunity to serve as the IACP president has been one of the highlights of my law e...

Criminal Justice Reform

When the Guilty Walk Free: The Role of Police in Preventing Wrongful Convictions

It does not take long on the job for a rookie police officer to realize that hardly anyone admits guilt, even when caught redhanded. Sometimes a skillful interrogator can elicit a confession, but just...

Community-Police Engagement

An Olympic Medal for Policing: Lessons and Experiences from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

In February 2010, the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were successfully staged in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; the resort community of Whistler; and adjoining municipalities. V...

President's Message

President’s Message: Coordinated Effort Required to Curb Gun Violence

The persistent and pernicious problem of gun violence impacts communities across the United States on a daily basis. Ranging from random shootings and suicides to retaliatory assaults and targeted mas...

Investigations

From the Commander: Investigating across the Spectrum of Conflict: The Air Force Office of Special Investigations

Today, U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) special agents and staff professionals are stationed in more than 200 locations throughout the world. They carry out our mission of ident...

IACP

IACP Foundation: IACP Foundation and Motorola Partner for No-Cost Training

The IACP Foundation is proud to continue its history of offering training and professional development for law enforcement command staff in cooperation with the private sector by announcing the IACP F...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: Is Today Your Day?

Seat belt use among the general population of the United States has reached a high of 84 percent,1 an increase of 65 percent over the past 34 years.2 Usage of this device has saved more lives than any...

Legal

Legislative Alert: National Criminal Justice Commission Act Passes

In late July, the House passed the National Criminal Justice Commission Act (H.R. 5143), sponsored by Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA). H.R. 5143, a companion to the Senate bill (S. 714) introduced by Sen. J...