global policing Archives

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Operationalizing International Protocols

When a U.S. law enforcement officer arrests a foreign national, they must take extra legal steps as part of a process called Consular Notification and Access (CNA). The U.S. Department of State partne...

Global Policing

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Rethinking Policing in Latin America

For decades, Latin American policing has relied heavily on the “mano dura” (iron fist) approach to combat violence and organized crime. This legacy of policing inspired in militarized approaches, ...

Global Policing

Policing Animal-Related Violations to Prevent Future Disease Outbreaks

The outbreak of COVID-19 highlighted the ease and speed with which an infectious disease can spread across borders and also demonstrated the way in which a major disease outbreak can be exploited by c...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Year Ahead: 2022–2023

As I begin my term as the 2022–2023 IACP president, I wish to thank the IACP staff, board members, and Immediate Past President Dwight Henninger for their service and work to move the association fo...

President's Message

President’s Message: Customized Membership for Global Policing

As I have traveled the world on behalf of IACP this year, I have seen how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of policing on a global scale. Many chiefs have retired, and the new or remaining l...

Drugs & Alcohol

Joining Forces

On September 30, 2007, ministers from France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, not only to acknowledge the threat posed by bulk mo...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: The Benefits of International Police Exchange

The UAE Academy Exchange program was initiated in the spring of 2021 as a collaboration between the IACP; the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior (UAE MOI); the IACP’s World Regional Office in...

Global Policing

Envisaging the Future

The Envisaging the Future (EtF) project is a global exercise to discover and document innovative initiatives that address complex issues with health, criminal justice, and social justice impacts and i...