Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

The Importance of Health and Wellness During A Crisis

The health and well-being of employees is a critical focus for all law enforcement agencies. The connection between police work and an increased risk of cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases is ...

Recruitment & Personnel

Great Ideas 2020: A Look Ahead at Personnel—Officer Wellness & Performance

Globally, the prevalence of mental illness among law enforcement officers is increasing while officers also face rising rates of chronic disease: obesity, cardiovascular disease, body stressing injuri...

Community-Police Engagement

Project A.M.E.N.

Religion has been defined by the High Court of Australia as “a complex of beliefs and practices which point to a set of values and an understanding of the meaning of existence.”1 Religion e...

IACP

Great Ideas 2020

The sources for change are wide-ranging, but often, evolution can be catalyzed by a particularly innovative idea. Although innovation is challenging and sharing a new idea takes courage, such collabor...

Education & Training

Combining Higher Education and Police Training

The Fitchburg State University Police Program is an innovative approach to police training that is the only model of its kind in the United States. The program partners with—and is authorized...

Investigations

Great Ideas 2020: A Look Ahead at Crime Prevention and Investigation

COVID-19, Mass Violence, Violent Protests, and Crimes Facilitated Through Technology will influence the prevention and investigations of crimes over the next five years....

Education & Training

Training Officers in 911

It takes roughly 21 weeks or 840 hours of training to become a licensed police officer in the United States. No one would dream of working this complex and dangerous job without the required co...

Investigations

Local Genealogy Profiles to Improve Investigations

To increase leads and actionable information, agencies could create local-level genealogy databases, much like they already have local DNA indexing systems. Uploading DNA profiles into a geneal...