Sydney Wedbush, Author at Police Chief Magazine

IACP Working for You: Solutions by the Field, for the Field

Every day, law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve face challenges. Some agencies struggle to meet drastically changing service demands, while others are unsure about how to allocate r...

Technology

Technology Talk: An Amplified Need for Cross-Jurisdictional Data Sharing

Overall criminal activity has fallen to historical lows across Long Island’s Suffolk County in New York, and some of that progress can be attributed to the Suffolk County Police Department’s incre...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Traffic and Vehicle Enforcement: Many Problems, Many Solutions

Enforcement and response related to traffic management and to vehicle crimes have long been a large part of law enforcement (LE) as a whole. Modern phenomena are shaping those LE activities in unprece...

IACP

Candidate for 2018 IACP Office: Chief Will D. Johnson III

My name is Will Johnson. I am the police chief in Arlington, Texas, and a candidate for the IACP Vice President at Large. I respectfully ask for your support....

Leadership

How Police Leadership Training is an Effective Tool against Civil Liability

If it's predictable, it's preventable.—Gordon Graham Every law enforcement organization has established policies and procedures that all employees are required to follow. In today’s world, ther...

Technology

Securing the Big Game: Emerging Technologies for Event Security

Usually, major sporting events occur without incident—and that’s no accident. Security for these events tends to involve long-range planning by a wide array of agencies working together to provide...

Terrorism

Strengthening the Bond of Guardians

Law enforcement leaders across the world represent a critical element in the sustained security of their respective communities. In the United States, this has been true since the initial European col...