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Technology Talk: The Policy Foundation of Technology Implementation

Contemporary law enforcement executives, caught between the competing forces of dwindling resources and growing demands for service, are increasingly turning to technology to achieve greater efficienc...

President's Message

November 2013—President’s Message: The Year Ahead

First and foremost, the IACP is about the members and serving them. As you know, the United States has gone through some unprecedented events this past year; some have been as the result of the econom...

Traffic Safety

Two-hour Training and a Screening Tool to Help Law Enforcement Identify and Manage Older Unsafe Drivers

A few years ago you might have met Dena Kline. She was 80 years old, five feet tall, and 80 pounds on chemotherapy for bone cancer and taking asthma and pain medication. On February 23, 2007, at 4:00 ...

Leadership

When Work Ethic and Entitlement Collide

Leadership within law enforcement faces the challenge of how to motivate and manage employees throughout organizations. Unfortunately, the leader may be faced with those who perform their tasks with a...

Technology

Case Study Facial Recognition Technology and Boston Bombing Suspects

A Case Study on Unconstrained Facial Recognition Using the Boston Marathon Bombings Suspects Researchers at Michigan State University simulate the identification scenario presented by the investigati...

Community-Police Engagement

Collaborative Partnerships to Solve Community Issues

Thriving communities are those where law enforcement is engaged with varied cross-sector partners serving, restoring, and sustaining a community. Historically, in low-income areas, residents can ha...

Community-Police Engagement

Community Capacity Building and Partnerships in Action

What is community capacity building and why is it important? Why should a police department concern itself with community capacity building? In the time it takes to read this article, one will walk aw...

Community-Police Engagement

Countering Violent Extremism: A Community Partnership Approach

In February 2011, the author wrote an article, “It Can and Does Happen Here: Somali Youth with Terrorist Ties in the Twin Cities.”1 The article identifies an emerging issue law enforcement faced i...