Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Taking Major Crash Investigations to the Next Level

A traffic crash occurs when a motor vehicle strikes or collides with another vehicle, a stationary object, a pedestrian, or an animal. Today’s law enforcement crash investigators employ a variety o...

Recruitment & Personnel

EPS applicant takes part in fitness training.

Spotlight: Preparing Recruits for Success

Edmonton Police Service (EPS), like many police organizations worldwide, sought to both better prepare future EPS members for their journey as an applicant, recruit, and police officer while also find...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Particulate Protection for First Responders

As COVID-19 has spread in the communities they protect and serve, police officers are experiencing the adverse effects of the virus, as well. Recent examples of climbing infection rates among first re...

Crime & Violence

Combating Drug-Facilitated Sex Trafficking of Runaway Youth

Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal enterprise in the world, with an estimated industry of $150 billion. The victims transcend age, race, and various social classes, and the perpetrators ...

Investigations

The Boys Behind the Business

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, provided an environment that human trafficker Jason Gandy recognized as “target rich” and an advantageous opportunity in which to peddle his wares. Wha...

Investigations

Investigative Firepower to Combat Labor Trafficking

During this unprecedented time of COVID-19 and the call for law enforcement reforms, labor trafficking may be considered as a low priority for many agencies. Unfortunately, in this same environment of...

Human & Civil Rights

Big Data, Networking, and Societal Coordination Can Help Combat Human Trafficking

Shandra Woworuntu came to the United States from Indonesia when she was 24 years old, expecting to work in the hotel industry. She had lost her job as a financial analyst and trader at an internationa...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Year Ahead (November 2020)

I remember standing on the U.S. East Coast on 9/11, watching the news of that horrific day unfold, and thinking to myself that the world had never seen anything like it—that it was too much; too dif...