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Law enforcement agencies around the United States have been experiencing reduced operational funding as a result of the country’s current financial crisis while demands for service have remained con...
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The management of any police department is a challenge. The need to balance the expectations of the elected officials, the community, and the staff is something that can be both frustrating and reward...
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Following a series of meetings, conversations, and discussions between Vice President Joseph R. Biden and IACP President Michael J. Carroll, Vice President Biden agreed to provide Police Chief magazin...
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This is a challenging time to be a police chief. Agencies around the world are struggling to provide their communities with the services they expect and deserve, while at the same time, departmental b...
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There can be little debate that CompStat processes in police agencies across the United States have revolutionized crime fighting and made communities safer. For more than a decade, these innovations ...
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Many officers, looking back several years to their basic academy days, can still remember officer survival classes that highlighted the “10 deadly errors” an officer can make. Any of these errors ...
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On September 18, 2003, the Virginia State University (VSU) campus, in Petersburg, Virginia, was hit by Hurricane Isabel. After making landfall, Isabel moved across the central part of Virginia, causin...
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Transformational leadership theory is based on the principles of shared leadership, shared vision, and the continuing improvement of the individual.1 Leadership is seen as a social process stemming fr...
