Drugs & Alcohol
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Drug trafficking is a highly complex, transnational, and constantly changing criminal practice, posing continuous and substantial challenges to public security forces. This is a phenomenon that direct...
Drugs & Alcohol
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In the battle against synthetic opioids, the spotlight is often on the United States, where fentanyl devastates communities, driving record-breaking overdose deaths and overwhelming police and public ...
Drugs & Alcohol
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In 2018, Ohio had the fifth highest age-adjusted drug poisoning (overdose) mortality rate in the United States, with 39,257 suspected fatal and nonfatal drugs poisonings (13–14 fatal poisonings a da...
Drugs & Alcohol
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Synthetic opioids like fentanyl and its analogs have fueled a surge of overdose deaths, devastating communities across the United States. More than 200 people in the United States—parents, neighbors...
Index to Advertisers
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The advertisers in this issue can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention Police Chief when contacting our advertisers....
Technology
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This year, the IACP welcomed attendees from across the globe to the 2025 Technology Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 5–7. The event brought together more than 1,000 attendees from aroun...
Investigations
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The crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) is one of the most urgent and complex public safety challenges facing police agencies in the United States. Indigenous communities—partic...
Investigations
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A few years ago, Captain Christian Cory (Wichita, Kansas, Police Department) had the following experience: I was receiving my yearly evaluation from my commander in the homicide section. He asked m...