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Law Enforcement Needn’t Serve Alone on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis

The opioid crisis is capturing attention across the United States as the sharp spike in overdose deaths continues its upward trend. In fact, accidental death from drug overdoses now far exceeds fatal ...

IACP Working for You

IACP Working For You: Improving Officer Safety and Wellness Every Shift, Every Day

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) remains committed to providing law enforcement professionals with the resources they need to remain healthy and safe every shift, every day....

Drugs & Alcohol

Rutland, Vermont, Case Study: Using DMI to Combat Covert Opioid Markets

According to a recent forecast, as many as 650,000 people in the United States will die from opioid overdoses over the next 10 years. Some 50,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016. When that f...

Community-Police Engagement

Sentiment Analysis: The Missing Link in Police Performance Management Systems

In the eyes of many, the profession of policing is facing a crisis of trust and confidence in what has come to be called the “Post-Ferguson” era. This crisis illustrates a vital lesson for local g...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Avoiding a Peer Support Pitfall

Officer Verdugo had just marked his second year on the job when he fatally shot a man charging at him with a kitchen knife. A few days after the shooting, while the encounter was still raw in Officer ...

President's Message

President’s Message: Combating Complex Drug Issues Requires a Collaborative, Multifaceted Approach

Drug trafficking and drug abuse have always posed a challenge for law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. We have all repeatedly borne witness to the human toll that drug abuse has ta...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Assessing the Effectiveness of Automatic License Plate Readers

Although the evidence-based policing movement has gained traction, many of the policies and practices U.S. law enforcement employ are still based on dogma and tradition, rather than research. As a res...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Regional Peer Support Makes a Difference

A study conducted over an eight-year period (2008–2016) by Badge for Life shows that the rate of suicide in 2008 for law enforcement was 17 per 100,000 officers. This compares to a rate of 11 per 1...