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The professionalization of law enforcement encompasses a myriad of interrelated components, including the selection and recruitment of quality personnel; the integration of emerging scientific and tec...
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Training police officers has long been a priority of law enforcement agencies in the United States. In fact, the first successful law enforcement departments established in the New England states in t...
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By 2014, 44 U.S. states—almost 90 percent of the states—had a process for the removal of the license or certificate of a police officer who has engaged in serious misconduct, thereby preventing th...
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The application of the “discipline of intelligence” to law enforcement assists executives, managers, investigators, analysts, and first responders “reduce uncertainty by collecting information, ...
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As is true for many law enforcement agencies, the ability to recruit and retain qualified persons is an ongoing challenge for the Vermont State Police (VSP). During the next five years, Vermont’s la...
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The IACP Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Section’s Annual Training Conference on Drugs, Alcohol, and Impaired Driving convened July 28–30, 2014, in Phoenix, Arizona, and drew more than 870 law enfor...
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Officer safety is of paramount importance to law enforcement leadership. It is embedded in the police culture at every level. Simply explained, the goal of every officer is to go home every day. When ...
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There is a long history of working relationships between law enforcement agencies and academic researchers in the United States. Indeed, partnerships between modern police practitioners and academic r...
