Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

From the Deputy Director: ATF’s Intelligence-Driven Approach to Help Law Enforcement Reduce Violent Crime

For more than 40 years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been an agency that utilizes intelligence to direct our law enforcement and regulatory activities to combat gu...

Victim Services

Integrated Policing Response for Abused Seniors: Learning in Action

This article summarizes several documents developed by the IPRAS team under the scientific direction of Marie Beaulieu and Michelle Côté and the strategic and operational direction of Josée Blais a...

Education & Training

The Education Panacea: Addressing Wide-Ranging Challenges with Advanced Education

The 21st century has already established itself as a landmark era for law enforcement. Increased public scrutiny, community- police relations controversies, dynamic in-formation sharing via social me...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Appropriations Update

On September 28, 2016, the U.S. Congress passed a 10-week continuing resolution spending measure that would fund the government and all of its programs at Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 levels until December 9...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: The Reality of Police Officer Untruthfulness

Before testifying in a U.S. court, each witness answers this oath: “Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give in the case now on trial is the truth, the whole truth, and no...

Education & Training

Training Toward Law Enforcement-EMS Integration: New York State’s Efforts at the State Preparedness Training Center

The recent spike in major active shooter events in the United States has forced homeland security officials and first responders to more closely examine techniques and protocols to safely and effectiv...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: A Behavior Analysis of Unintentional Discharges

Unintentional discharges (UDs) of firearms present a challenge to law enforcement in that they occur unexpectedly and infrequently, yet they can lead to property damage, injury, and death. Previous re...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Using High-Intensity Interval Training to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness and Anaerobic Fitness

Critical components of every law enforcement agency are the health and wellness of individual officers. At a moment’s notice, an officer could be called into intense activity, a sustained chase, or ...