Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Ideas & Insights: The Importance of Civilians in Modern Policing

Research on Civilians in Policing” provides insight into the changing roles and opportunities for civilian employees within law enforcement agencies. The civilianization (the tendency to replace or ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Humanizing the Stress of Policing: A Non-Diagnostic Approach to Teaching Stress Resilience

Experiential learning in life is an asset that needs recognition as a vital part of training in individuals’ resilience to stress. Similar to the characters in a computer game where experiences resu...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Attends 2017 IACP Division Midyear Meeting

The IACP State and Provincial Police (S&P), State Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACOP), and Midsize Agencies (MSA) divisions recently held their midyear meetings together in Litchfield Park, A...

Officer Safety & Wellness

360 Degrees of Self-Survival

It’s been a bad couple of years for law enforcement. Conflicts over officer actions, including officer-involved shootings, have strained relations between U.S. police and the communities they serve,...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Athletic Trainers in Police Departments: Cost Efficiency and Risk Mitigation

Every day, law enforcement officers may be required to perform responsibilities that test their physical ability, endurance, and strength. They are often required to carry heavy loads, including body ...

IACP Working for You

IACP Working For You: Law Enforcement Guidelines and Strategies for Addressing Sexual Violence in the LGBTQ Community

Sexual violence affects every demographic and every community, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Proj...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: The Evolving Law of the Digital Crime Scene

A growing percentage of the evidence in criminal cases exists in the digital world, and the post-Snowden public can be suspicious of government access to digital information. The access to much of di...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths—3/7/2017–4/3/2017

“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 sacrifice for their communities and t...