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The Brief: Technical Assistance for Mass Demonstrations

When preparing for and responding to mass demonstration events, law enforcement can be tasked with many responsibilities. Police executives may have to juggle responding to media, updating city or sta...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

A Turning Point in Policing Methods

Modern-day policing faces myriad challenges aside from the duties of the job itself. In the past decade, law enforcement has become the spotlight of many politically charged conversations by community...

Technology

IACP 2023 Technology Conference Preview

The 2023 IACP Technology Conference will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 22–24. This event is dedicated to bringing together leading policing practitioners to explore the latest technology inno...

Exposition

Exposition: March 2023

Stay up to date on new products and advances in technology to ensure your officers are equipped with the tools they need....

Technology

New Innovations Build on Tradition

The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) traces its roots back to 1865, making it one the oldest and most historic law enforcement agencies in the United States. It is an agency steeped in pride and tradi...

Perspectives

Perspectives: February 2023

Traditional firearms training focuses on shoot/don’t-shoot judgment and marksmanship. In Springfield, Massachusetts, firearms training uses life-like scenario-based phases that keep the trainees una...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Balancing Training Innovations with Legal Standards

The author’s experience in litigation, evaluation of Consent Decrees, and in conducting operational studies of departments has shown that an agency’s “custom” is the most direct way to impose ...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: AI Tools and Public Trust

Child sex trafficking crimes are being solved thanks to the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology advances. Designed to support law enforcement in sex traffickin...