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President’s Message: Why Do You Do It? Participate in the #WhyIWearTheBadge Campaign

Last month (May 2015), during National Police Week, IACP launched a campaign designed to highlight the diversity and commitment of the law enforcement profession. Officers from all over the world are ...

Global Policing

A Reflection on Policing Reforms

As I consider policing over my time in the profession, including the many opportunities I have had to work closely with U.S. colleagues, my overall observation is that policing has been in a constant ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Athletic Trainers: A Fresh Approach to Reducing Medical Costs and Enhancing Safety

While there are many factors that affect the cost of medical care for injured employees, there is no getting around the fact that health care costs are rising and are often the largest single expense ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

BLUE: Starting the Conversation about Officer Stress and Depression

“Even one police suicide is too many. And too late.” The above words are the opening text of a brochure that was circulated at the 121st Annual IACP Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Florida,...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Breaking the Invincibility Code: How the Below 100 Initiative Is Improving the Law Enforcement Safety Culture

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) lays claim to a sobering truth: the agency has suffered 225 line-of-duty deaths since being founded in 1929. Over that same period of time, nearly 15,000 ...

IACP Working for You

IACP Working for You In the mission to support the law enforcement leaders of today and develop the leaders of tomorrow, the IACP is constantly involved in advocacy, programs, research, and ini...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Leading the Future of Law Enforcement: Understanding the Capacity of Employees to Think, Learn, and Achieve

As law enforcement executives transform their performance organizations to learning organizations, it is essential that they have insight on the theories and research related to the capacity of humans...

Line of Duty Deaths

May 2015 LODD

Line of Duty Deaths “They will be remembered—not for the way they died, but for how they lived.” The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrif...