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Crime Prevention and Community Programs: I Prevent Crime

Facing an upswing in auto burglaries, the Boca Raton police department developed an innovative crime prevention strategy. The result was the I Prevent Crime campaign, which not only addressed auto bur...

Community-Police Engagement

Crime Prevention and Community Programs: Western Kentucky University Crime Prevention Programs

The Western Kentucky University (WKU) Police Department has developed a citizen police academy that is designed to emulate the various citizen academies conducted by many municipal police departments ...

Product Update

Exhibitor Update

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. For free in-depth information, visit http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/pc/ and insert the ...

From the Director

From the Director: Linx: Law Enforcement Information Exchange

In today’s evolving law enforcement environment—where malefactors can cause the collapse of multibillion dollar companies, steal hundreds of thousands of identities, or even murder 3,000 indiv...

Mental Health

Guidelines for Police Psychological Service

The IACP Police Psychological Service Section provides guidelines for professional psychological practice to the law enforcement community. The guidelines cover pre-employment psychological evaluation...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: President’s Proposed Budget for 2006 Would Slash Law Enforcement Assistance Programs

In February 7, President Bush released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2006. Overall funding levels for programs that are primarily designed to assist state and local law enforcement agencies were...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Traffic Safety: Where Do We Go from Here?

Traffic crash data tracked by the federal government indicates that a plateau has been reached. The number of Americans killed in traffic crashes has held between 40,000 and 43,000 for the last few ye...

President's Message

President’s Message: We Must Fight to Save Law Enforcement Assistance Funding

Over the last decade, the law enforcement profession has made tremendous strides in ensuring the safety of the citizens and communities we are sworn to protect. We have witnessed a steady decline in c...