Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Building Community Capacity to Combat the Overdose Crisis with Data

Plymouth County is located in southeastern Massachusetts, between Boston and Cape Cod. The county has more than 500,000 residents and is made up of a diverse array of 27 communities, ranging from sma...

Index to Advertisers

Ad Index: January 2024

The advertisers in this issue can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention Police Chief when contacting our advertisers....

Drugs & Alcohol

What Law Enforcement Needs to Know About Kratom

In 2022, the Wetherington Law Firm filed civil action 22-A-1536 in the State Court of Cobb County, State of Georgia, for plaintiffs Dana Pope and John Pope, surviving parents of Ethan Pope, against 15...

Drugs & Alcohol

Hope in Action

In the ongoing battle against substance abuse, effective partnerships have emerged as a cornerstone for success. The collaborative efforts of the New Jersey Transit Police Department (NJTPD) and the ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

2024 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness Conference Preview

The 2024 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Conference will be held March 1–3, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. This event will offer more than 70 educational sessions, including presentati...

Leadership

The Power of Mentorship

Law enforcement agencies, much like the international corporate world, recognize the need to implement succession planning, maybe now more than ever. In the corporate world, 67 percent of businesses r...

Education & Training

Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals

According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 133.1 million people in the United States, ages 12 and older, repor...

Education & Training

Collaboration in the Mountains

A terrorism incident at an athletic event, a 60-car crash, a ski area accident with numerous casualties, a swiftly moving urban interface wildfire—each of these sounds like a bad day with long-term ...