Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Three Strategies for Crisis Leadership

If 2020 taught us anything, it is that crisis IS the new normal. This is an era of overlapping, nonstop, and ever-evolving crises, and there seems to be no end in sight. While police leaders are no st...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Creating Opportunities for Officer Family Engagement

The support system of a police officer is not limited to a spouse or partner. Children, parents, friends, and extended family members have a role in strengthening officer resiliency and well-being....

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Safer Roadways through CDL and CMV Enforcement

Holding Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) holders accountable for their driving behaviors by properly adjudicating and recording their traffic-related convictions saves lives....

Leadership

Six Critical Incident Lessons Learned for Commanding Officers

As leaders in the ever-evolving field of policing, police commanders have a duty and responsibility to share lessons learned with their peers. Such lessons can come from a variety of topics, and those...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Bargaining the Impacts of Reenvisioning Policing

As a result of the calls for altering the way U.S. police departments operate, police leaders will find themselves facing challenges on a variety of levels. Some changes will involve legislative amend...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Maximizing Peer-to-Peer Learning to Enhance Officer Wellness Programming

The past year has been one of unparalleled stress for police officers. When not addressed, the cumulative stress faced by officers can result in low morale, burnout, and health concerns....

The Advisor

The Advisor: Leaders Continue to Learn and Grow

The best way to remain mediocre is to stop learning. Growth for all of us is a choice. I would like to say we have forced growth that one cannot help but experience in life, but that is not true. Even...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Drones as Force Multipliers

Just before 10 p.m. on August 24, 2017, a Wilmington, Delaware, police officer and an agent with Delaware Probation and Parole were in the 1700 block of Tulip Street when a subject fired gunshots in t...