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Chief’s Counsel: HIPAA and Law Enforcement Access to Medical and Mental Health-Care Records

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 42 U.S.C. 1320d and the following sections, protects an individual’s private health information from release to unauthorized ...

IACP

IACP Foundation: Save the Date for the Foundation Fundraiser-August 2009

As you begin planning for the 116th Annual IACP Conference in October, make sure your conference schedule includes attendance at the IACP Foundation’s Third Annual Fundraising Gala on Saturday, Octo...

Mental Health

Law Enforcement Officer Suicide

Most members of the law enforcement community—line officers, supervisors, managers, and chiefs—will face the issue of suicide within their ranks at some point in their careers.1 Even agencies well...

Technology

N-DEx Implementation Update: Ready and Able

A detective in San Diego arrived back at the office after leaving the scene of a homicide. The body, which had been discovered in a remote area by a utility crew, had multiple gunshot wounds. Although...

New York’s Traffic Incident Management and Targeted Traffic Enforcement Efforts

ver the years, traffic congestion has become an increasingly persistent and pressing concern. Vehicle backups not only cause serious delays and result in substantial losses (such as lost work hours, m...

Officer Performance in High-Stress Situations: Considerations for Technology Design

fficer safety is of utmost importance for law enforcement executives. Although training can help decrease the number of injuries and deaths, advancements in technology can also prove highly beneficial...

President's Message

President’s Message: Safeguarding Officers’ Mental Health

As police chiefs, we have many critical responsibilities. We are responsible for ensuring that our communities are policed effectively, providing expert guidance on public safety to our elected leader...

Stress Management Research at the Ontario Police College

istorically, research about stress in policing has traversed two very different paths. The first path has investigated the effects of physical and psychological stressors on police officers in dynamic...