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President’s Message: Our Fight to Prevent Human Trafficking

When we hear about human trafficking, it is easy to think it is not happening in our communities and that federal law enforcement agencies handle those crimes. However, this most often is not the case.

The human trafficking epidemic is a global problem that can and does occur in almost every state and community. Like many of the challenges we face as law enforcement professionals, it is one that calls for a united effort and effective partnerships in order to be truly successful. This was recently demonstrated in June 2014, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), working with state, local, and federal law enforcement partners, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) successfully completed Operation Cross Country VIII with 54 FBI field divisions nationwide. The effort included enforcement actions in 106 cities with officers from more than 400 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and resulted in the recovery of 168 children who were being victimized through prostitution and the arrest of 281 pimps on state and federal charges.

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President’s Message: Reflecting on 25 Years Since 9/11

The main target on 9/11 was Freedom, not only in the United States but around the globe. For those of us that were in active service 25 years ago, we all can cite exactly where we were and what we ...
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President’s Message: Tactical Preparedness

We must commit ourselves to learning all we can throughout our career to be prepared. Tactical relates to the specific actions, methods, or maneuvers used to achieve a larger goal. Preparedness is ...
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President’s Message: The Growing Threat of Elder Fraud

We in policing must do all we can to protect this population from the predators that lurk in fraudulent spaces to take advantage of the vulnerable. Crime is a phenomenon that I have always found to...
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President’s Message: Courage Over Compliance

This issue of Police Chief is focused on policy in policing. I had a recent opportunity to consider the impact of policy and law from a national government that resulted in the most tragic outcome i...
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President’s Message: Setting Our People Up for Success

Organizational safety and wellness is one of the key areas of focus for me during my tenure as the IACP’s president. We have made great strides toward understanding the need to highlight the impo...
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President’s Message: Policing at the Edge of Innovation

Spring is upon us, and for those in areas that have changing seasons, it is a welcome time for new beginnings. Like the changing weather seasons, policing is in a changing season. This edition of Poli...
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President’s Message: Fostering Information and Intelligence Sharing

Terrorism is a topic that elicits many differing responses when discussed. Depending on where you sit, your thoughts may go immediately to an incident or an organization....
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President’s Message: Leading Police Agencies and Communities Forward

Contemporary issues in policing continue to shape the challenges and opportunities before us. As we consider the major issues impacting our profession today, several rise quickly to the top of the lis...
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President’s Message: Enhancing Community Trust Through Agency Culture

Trust is something that the past five IACP presidents and I have committed to making a priority for the global policing profession ever since then-President Dwight Henninger met with each of the vice ...
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President’s Message: The Importance of Collaborative Police Research

The safety of our communities is the core responsibility of every police leader. We hear political leaders express it as being important, but the police are responsible and accountable for it. We will...
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