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Keeping High-Risk Youth in School: A Comprehensive Community Strategy for Truancy Reduction

critical issue facing police departments and school districts across the United States is the increasing incidence of truancy and school dropout. In addition to increasing the likelihood of school fai...

Legal

Legislative Alert: Congress Passes Continued Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Bill

Congress recently passed the final portion of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, which will fund the government through the end of the current fiscal year, September 30, 2009. The omnibus includ...

Lasers: Unconventional Weapons of Criminals and Terrorists

asers have become part of everyday life in the industrialized world since the ruby crystal laser was developed by Theodore H. Maiman at Hughes Aircraft and the gas laser by Arthur L. Schawlow and Char...

Discover Policing.org: A Nationwide Online Recruiting Resource for the Law Enforcement Profession

he IACP has partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice, to create a new Web-based recruiting resource called DiscoverPolicing.org. With its official launch at th...

Rethinking Police Training

During the 2008 midyear meeting of the IACP Education and Training Committee, significant discussion took place on the status of police training in the United States. Committee chair Ed Flynn, chief o...

115th Annual IACP Conference Law Enforcement Education and Technology Exhibition

he 115th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police will convene Saturday, November 8, 2008, through Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at the San Diego Convention Center, 111 W...

Line of Duty Deaths

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IACP Foundation: Right on Target with Professional Development

ince its inception, the IACP Foundation has been fortunate to establish many public-private partnerships that have resulted in great benefits for the IACP membership and the law enforcement profession...