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Policing Cities: Reducing Violence and Building Communities

For many inner-city residents today, an obsession with maintaining “street cred” has made killing a legitimate response to the most minor snubs and slights. “The violence,” according to crimin...

IACP Foundation: Scholarship Awards for Professional Development

art of the IACP Foundation’s mission to advance professional policing includes a mandate to encourage and support the continued professional development of active law enforcement officers. This supp...

President's Message

President’s Message: Support Law Enforcement by Supporting the IACP Foundation

Over the past several months, I hope that you have noticed the increased activity and visibility of the IACP Foundation and its programs. The foundation is a cause that I, along with the entire IACP l...

May Products & Services

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Technology

Digital Billboards and Law Enforcement Agencies: A New, High-Tech Partnership

In Janesville, Wisconsin, police are using digital billboards as the latest high-tech tool to help close cases and assist the department in its outreach efforts. This new way to get a message out to t...

Community-Police Engagement

Surviving the Circus: How Effective Leaders Work Well with the Media

It is no secret that many police officers who would not pause before entering a darkened building to pursue an armed offender blanch at the approach of a twentysomething news reporter armed with a pad...

Investigations

The Role of Financial Investigators in Support of Criminal Investigations

Financial and identity crimes are becoming more complex and time consuming to investigate. Frequently, these investigations can be overwhelming and intimidating for law enforcement officers. This ofte...

Tech Talk

Technology Talk: Partnerships Target Online Predators

This year, the Los Angeles, California, Police Department (LAPD) proudly celebrates its 140-year anniversary. The six men who became the LAPD’s first officers in 1869 could not have imagined the tec...