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Assessing the Impact of Digital Evidence on State and Local Policing

In 2013, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) partnered with the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to survey executives from ...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Buckle Up, Slow Down, Pay Attention. Arrive Alive.

Sergeant Roger P. Fleming was killed in the line of duty in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on October 27, 1992. The brief language that follows this pronouncement on the memorials erected in his ...

Technology

Community Policing and Forensics: Using a Local DNA Database to Reduce Crime

Police chiefs are expected to lower crime, improve community relations, and manage their departments to protect civilians in their jurisdictions—all while facing budgetary constraints. The Bensalem ...

Education & Training

Creating a Culture of Leadership: IACP LPO Projects Transform the Vermont State Police

As is true for many law enforcement agencies, the ability to recruit and retain qualified persons is an ongoing challenge for the Vermont State Police (VSP). During the next five years, Vermont’s la...

Technology

Dental Implantology: An Emerging Technology in the Identification of Missing Persons

The field of dental implantology can provide the dental forensics division an invaluable tool in the identification process of the unknown and missing. The great potential of this unique forensic dent...

Investigations

Denver Crime Gun Intelligence Center: Locked On Target

In January 2013, the Denver, Colorado, Police Department (DPD) and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Denver Field Division created a partnership to improve the way in ...

Drugs & Alcohol

DRE Conference Draws Record-breaking Attendance in Phoenix

The IACP Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Section’s Annual Training Conference on Drugs, Alcohol, and Impaired Driving convened July 28–30, 2014, in Phoenix, Arizona, and drew more than 870 law enfor...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Fiscal Year Ends and U.S. Congress Adjourns for Midterm Recess

In early September 2014, U.S. President Obama approved a short-term continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the operations of the U.S. federal government through December 11, 2014. Under the terms o...