Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Looking Ahead to IACP 2024

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference and Exposition is the largest and most important law enforcement event of the year. On October 19–22, IACP 2024 will bring togeth...

Index to Advertisers

Ad Index: August 2024

The advertisers in this issue, such as Bell Textron, IAPro by Versaterm, Sigma Tactical Wellness, and others, can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always menti...

Victim Services

Using AI to Enhance Victim Response

Many police agencies face staffing and resource constraints that require officers to prioritize violent crimes over other types of crimes for investigation and victim support. Police-based victim serv...

Recruitment & Personnel

Reimagining Hiring for Police Organizations

Police professionals across the globe have shared in the struggle to staff their operational forces adequately in recent years. According to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), “Agencies are...

Technology

The New Realities of Drone Proliferation

Imagine for a moment the typical calls for service related to drone activity that are occurring in cities across the United States. Dispatch is notified of a drone flying very close to a crowd gathere...

Education & Training

Transforming Police Training for Tomorrow

In his insightful book, The Infinite Game, the business leadership guru Simon Sinek asserts, “Great leaders are the ones who think beyond ‘short term’ versus ‘long term.’ They are the ones...

Officer Safety & Wellness

People gather for a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting that occurred over night, at the Levitt Pavilion on August 4, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. In the second mass shooting in the U.S. within 24 hours a gunman left nine dead and another 27 wounded after only a minute of shooting. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)

The Psychological Toll of Mass Violence Response

“Science doesn’t have the corner on truth. The reality of the Oregon District Mass Shooting is that it was an absolute horror for everyone touched by it, and there is no sufficient narrative to ex...