Sydney Wedbush, Author at Police Chief Magazine

IACP 2018 Photography Contest: Community-Police Engagement

Earlier this year, the IACP sent out a call to our members and readers for photographs featuring their officers actively engaging with the community members they serve every day. The inaugural Police ...

Mental Health

Embracing CIT and the One Mind Campaign to Make a Difference

Over the last decade, there has been a growing issue for law enforcement—an increase in the number of contacts between individuals experiencing a mental health crisis and police officers with insuff...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Cornerstone of Policing: Public Trust

Public trust is the cornerstone of policing, the thread that is woven into every aspect of policing—from combating terrorism, cybercrime, human trafficking, domestic violence, and drug abuse, to the...

Community-Police Engagement

Building Community Trust Through Transparency: The FBI’s National Use-of-Force Data Collection

The effectiveness of a law enforcement agency and its officers depends enormously on the relationship the agency has forged with the community it serves. Community-police relationships, like all relat...

Community-Police Engagement

SDHP State Troopers: Strengthening Relationships

One of U.S. painter Norman Rockwell’s most famous works is entitled The Runaway. This painting depicts a young boy at a restaurant counter, presumably in a small town in the United States. He is sit...

Community-Police Engagement

Bringing Sides Together: Community-Based Complaint Mediation

Police departments worldwide are facing the challenge of building community trust in an environment of controversial shootings and political polarization. In particular, some community members believe...

Community-Police Engagement

Using Research to Build Trust and Empathy: Meaningful Change through Intergroup Contact

The phrase “building trust” has been the focus of many meetings, conversations, and academic publications on the topic of community policing and engagement with respect to procedural justice. It ...