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The Influence of Higher Education on Police Officer Work Habits

Are street smarts better than book smarts? The question comes up often in policing and elsewhere. Television's Apprentice, featuring billionaire Donald Trump, recently pitted a street-smart team of su...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: The Nose Knows

The value of drug detection dogs cannot be overstated, but no law enforcement agency should forget the importance and accuracy of the human sense of smell. And nowhere is that sense more valuable than...

IACP

Advance & Applications

LaBoit Vehicle Built for Police Response to Drug-Endangered Children LaBoit Inc. announces that it has designed and built a 33-foot vehicle for the Jackson, Tennessee, Police Department, which uses th...

Investigations

Apprehending a Fugitive: A Thanksgiving to Remember

On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 5:40 p.m., 20-year veteran Officer Greg Campbell had a plan. He would work for six hours and then take off early to fly to Oakland, California, with his 11-year-old ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Fairness and Consistency in Disciplinary Actions

Disciplining personnel is perhaps the least favorite and most difficult aspect of being a police chief. Chiefs must ensure that discipline among employees is fair, lawful, and adequate to address the ...

Community-Police Engagement

Crime Prevention and Community Programs: Building Bridges

The Tallahassee Police Department has found that limiting participation to one year enables more youth to be exposed to the benefits of the Defy program. This exposure serves to channel youth away fro...

Education & Training

Crime Prevention and Community Programs: Drug Education for Youth

Based on an analysis of calls for service, statistical data, and officer observations, it became apparent to members of the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) that the youth who were residing in the ...

Community-Police Engagement

Crime Prevention and Community Programs: National Police Week Activities

Jaffrey has a population of around 6,000, a regional high school and middle school, and a popular state park. There are 11 police officers in the agency. In many ways, this is a typical U.S. police ag...