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Stopping Random Gunfire in Phoenix

Faced with a growing epidemic of random celebration gunfire during holidays, the Phoenix Police Department in Phoenix, Arizona, said, “Enough is enough,” and began combating this problem with an u...

Leadership

The Role of Organizational Design in Twenty-First Century Policing Organizations

The law enforcement profession is again battered by the cyclical fiscal upheaval that returns every few years. Just one decade into this new century, and the issues that confront law enforcement, as w...

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The Untruthful Employee: Is Termination the Only Response?

Over the decades, law enforcement leaders have been under increasing pressure to answer the question, “What do I do with a law enforcement employee who has been proven to be untruthful in the workpl...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: Trunk Packing: A Matter of Officer Survival

Those officers assigned to fleet cruisers often are frustrated, to say the least, when they pop their cruisers’ trunks at crash scenes to find no road flares. More often than not, they see, untether...

Traffic Safety

Automated Speed Enforcement on Arizona State Highways: A Second Look

An automated speed enforcement demonstration project on a freeway, likely the first of its kind, was completed by the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, and the Arizona Department of Transportation (AZDOT) ...

IACP

Legislative Alert: Congress Considering Critically Important D-Block Legislation

The IACP continues to push for critical legislation to allocate the D-Block spectrum to public safety for the development of a national, interoperable public safety broadband network. The legislation,...

IACP

IACP Foundation: Law Enforcement Business Fellowship Candidates Selected

Once again, the IACP Foundation and Target are proud to join in a collaborative effort to bring no-cost leadership and management training to law enforcement command staff across the United States. Th...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: IACP Policy Assists Agencies to Define Pregnancy Policies

Today’s law enforcement profession is comprised of courageous and talented men and women, with women making some special and valuable contributions. Although law enforcement is still a male-dominate...