Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

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...

Index to Advertisers

July 2024: Ad Index

The advertisers in this issue can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today!...

Education & Training

Introducing Problem-Based Learning

In the course of their work, police officers often encounter problems. Some may be standard for the conditions of service, while others need a concentration of efforts to solve them, carry more uncert...

Technology

IACP 2024 Technology Conference Recap

This year, the IACP welcomed attendees from across the globe to the 2024 Technology Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 21–23. The event brought together more than 1,000 attendees from a...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

From Evidence to Actionable Victim Engagement

It is not unusual for victims to find it difficult to engage with the police after experiencing an assault. Often, victims fear they will not be believed or that reporting the crime will not have any ...

Global Policing

Elite Crisis Response

For more than 40 years, the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) has trained for and responded to terrorist incidents, from the 1983 bombings of the U.S. embassy and Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, t...