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The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), through funding from the U.S. Department of State International Bureau of Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), Office of Criminal Justice Assi...
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The purpose of training, especially as practiced in law enforcement, is to produce a desired change. Merely hoping for change produces dismal results; either it does not happen or the results are not ...
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The police chief is responsible for controlling the resources of the police department in an effort to preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and enforce the law. Although this is an accura...
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Most of the contacts officers and commanders have with psychologists deal with issues of mental health, such as fitness for duty and preemployment. The police psychologists themselves are generally cl...
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In June 2011, the city of Chicago was notified that it would have the honor of hosting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in May 2012. The city would be the first in the United State...
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An emergency can happen at any time, and issues of identifying the correct resource in the correct configuration for mutual aid requests can not only make or break the response for the host agency but...
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The IACP has a long history of promoting professional law enforcement through the development, the conduct, and the support of police education and training. The IACP Education and Training Committee,...
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August Vollmer, during the early twentieth century, as chief of police in Berkeley, California, argued for the professionalism of police officers through the use of scientific training and methods of ...
