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Chief’s Counsel: The Considerations and Risks of Personal Communication Devices

Technology and its use in the workplace is a topic that is (and should be) often discussed and considered by professionals in all fields, including law enforcement. The recent news coverage regarding ...

Education & Training

The Evolution of Education and Training, and Where U.S. Policing Is Heading

When most retired cops see a young police officer, several thoughts roll through their mind. First, they say a quick prayer for the officer’s safety. Second, they reminisce about their rookie days a...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: The War on Distracted Driving: How One Suburban Police Department Has Prepared for Battle

While the average person likely thinks of texting or talking on a cellphone when the phrase “distracted driving” is mentioned, there are many different types of distractions that may negatively im...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: U.S. Congress Discusses Further Reforms to Asset Forfeiture Program

As previously reported by the IACP, in January 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) set forth a new policy prohibiting federal adoptive forfeiture, or “adoptions,” of assets seized by state ...

Line of Duty Deaths

April 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...

Product Update

April 2015 Product Update

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...

Products & Services

April 2015 Products & Services

The advertisers in this listing can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention the Police Chief when contacting our advertisers. 2015 IACP President’...

Education & Training

Critical Incident Management: A Systematic Guide to Planning

Within the last four years, the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Police Department has planned for and managed numerous major incidents, including two visits by the U.S. president; participa...