Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Opioid Use Disorders Among Police and Public Safety Personnel: What Law Enforcement Leaders Need to Know

It is well-established that opioid use disorders represent a current health crisis. In October 2017, Acting U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Hargan declared the opioid crisis a public health e...

Drugs & Alcohol

Police officer giving sobriety test to young man to see if he is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Police cruiser is out of focus in the foreground.

New Challenges and Old Solutions: Combating Drugged Driving

Driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) is having a serious impact on roadway safety as never before. In the United States, the involvement of drug-impaired drivers in automobile crashes is at an ...

Drugs & Alcohol

Leading a Community Solution to a Community Problem

The current opioid epidemic did not start overnight, and the situation has continued to progress significantly over the past two decades. Since the late 1990s, chiefs of police have battled this epide...

Drugs & Alcohol

Opioid Distribution on the Dark Web

Since its creation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has had a longstanding commitment to safeguard public safety and protect people from t...

Drugs & Alcohol

Pre-Arrest Diversion: The Long Overdue Collaboration Between Police and Treatment

In 1972, a U.S. federal initiative resulting from efforts led by the White House’s Special Action Office for Drug Prevention, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (predecessor to the Bureau...

Drugs & Alcohol

International Narcotics Control: A Program of Cooperation

The only viable response to drug abuse problems is now, and always will be, international in scope....

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 1/17/2018–2/7/2018

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The Dispatch

The Dispatch: March 2018

Police Chief knows that many of the best ideas and insights come from IACP members who serve their communities every day. The Dispatch is an opportunity for members and other readers to share their wi...