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March 2014 Products and 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. 2014 President’s Me...

Recruitment & Personnel

Medical Screening of Police Applicants

Scenario 1 A police officer has poorly controlled diabetes and receives insulin shots. One day, while on duty, that officer suffers from low blood sugar. As a result, the officer becomes mentally imp...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department Badge Placement Study of 2011–2012

Over the last several years there has been a heightened awareness in the number and severity of incidents where police officers misidentify and fire upon another officer. The repercussions of an incid...

Recruitment & Personnel

Realistic Job Previews: Reworking Your Recruitment Messaging and Strategies to Reach Today’s Candidates

Recruitment is an ongoing challenge for police agencies. Even during tough economic times when many employers are flush with applicants, the quality of law enforcement candidates continues to be a con...

Recruitment & Personnel

Recruiting Today for Tomorrow’s Agency

In American Policing in 2022: Essays on the future of a Profession, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services invited police practitioners to share their vision of...

President's Message

President’s Message: Reducing Violence and Crime on Our Streets

Many communities worldwide are confronted by unacceptable levels of crime and violence on their streets. Typically, a disproportionate amount of this violence is the result of young males killing othe...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Human Resource Issues Faced by Small and Large Agencies

Ten years ago, the “recruiting crunch” or “cop crunch” was the dominant human resource (HR) issue in U.S. policing.1 Since then, however, the Great Recession has altered the HR landscape.2 Ins...

Recruitment & Personnel

The Role of Pre-employment Screenings

Recruitment for new police officers and other public safety personnel has its challenges every step of the way, from advertising the open positions to selecting the candidates that will go on to the r...