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Preparing Families for the Hazards of Police Work

That stress is endemic in police work and a hazard of the job is well known to police chiefs and law enforcement administrators. This aspect of policing has major implications for police chiefs becaus...

IACP

Police Week: May 2004

Forty-two years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-54, passed by a Joint Resolution of the 87th Congress of the United States of America, designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial...

Recruitment & Personnel

Studying Public Perceptions of Police Grooming Standards

Many law enforcement agencies have long had policies or regulations regarding grooming standards for police officers. These agencies have argued that strict grooming standards are necessary to ensure ...

Products & Services

Index to Advertisers: May 2004

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Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Supreme Court Preview: Law Enforcement Cases to Be Decided in the October 2003 Term

In Groh v. Ramirez the U.S. Supreme Court will consider qualified immunity for executing a facially invalid warrant. An agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives obtained a sea...

Product Update

Product Update: May 2004

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacture...

IACP

Survivors’ Club: November 2003

The IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors' Club® pays tribute to those deserving officers who have avoided serious or potentially fatal injuries through the use of any kind of body armor. This column is dedic...

Criminal Justice Reform

Reducing Crime through Juvenile Delinquency Intervention

Some police officers beginning their careers in law enforcement believe that reductions in crime are best achieved by making big arrests involving the dramatic apprehension of dangerous offenders. To ...