Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Legislative Alert: IACP Unveils Policy Priorities Document

Every two years, the IACP sets policy priorities that are representative of global issues that are most important to the association and its membership. These policy priorities are developed by the IA...

Community-Police Engagement

PIO “Jump Teams”: Cross-Jurisdictional Crisis Support

Although it often remains largely unknown when the next critical incident will arise, law enforcement is expected to be on an even higher state of alert and readiness at all times than ever before: be...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Role of Social Media for Today’s Law Enforcement Agency

Social media has been in existence for over a decade now, and, as it continues to evolve and new platforms emerge, it has impacted society in a number of ways. People around the world now have differe...

Community-Police Engagement

External Communications Networking

Today’s societal landscape appears to have a different atmosphere that mirrors the political climate. Historical concepts highlighting the connection between law enforcement and the community have b...

Product Update

February 2016 Product Update

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacture...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 12/10/15-12/29/15

Line of Duty Deaths “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 ...

Cybercrime

Protecting Children Worldwide: HSI’s Strategy for Preventing Online Child Exploitation

During the 2015 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, law enforcement executives and senior leaders from departments and agencies around the worl...

Investigations

Paradigm Shift: Searching for Trace Evidence in Human Memory

Trace evidence is often a key component for identifying and eliminating suspects. There can be little disagreement that trace evidence is valuable from the investigative stage through criminal prosecu...