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This year, 2020, marks the 90th anniversary of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Since the early 20th century, the FBI has been responding to societal challenges and crime trends by p...
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Is law enforcement a “profession”? Police officers certainly consider themselves to be professionals; however, society continues to struggle to hold law enforcement in the same regard as engineeri...
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It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that lockdown orders and shifts in activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States are impacting crime rates around the country. But a closer lo...
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Each year has its defining moments, but how could we have predicted what this year would bring for our profession? From a global pandemic, to civil unrest, to waves of political change and calls for r...
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IACP President Steven R. Casstevens had the opportunity to sit down with United States Attorney General William P. Barr in early September 2020 to discuss the most pressing issues confronting policing...
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Every day, police officers make decisions that significantly impact the lives of others and, sometimes, their own lives. Policing involves consequential, potentially life-or-death decisions, and at a...
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California Assembly Bill AB-392 was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on August 19, 2019, and went into effect on January 1, 2020. The new law sponsored by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Di...
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The Seattle, Washington, Police Department (SPD) has been operating under the COVID-19 pandemic since February 27, 2020. This is the date that the Seattle-King County region identifies as marking when...
