October 2004

Law Enforcement Jobs: October 2004

Chief of Police Location: Fredricksburg, Virginia Deadline: October 14, 2004 Police Chief Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island Deadline: November 1, 2004 Chief of Police Location: Morganton, North ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Law Enforcement Safety Act of 2004

Law enforcement groups have been battling various concealed handgun carry laws for over a decade now and it appears the public and politicians have overwhelmingly decided in a majority of states that ...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 7/17/04-7/29/04

“They will be remembered — not for the way they died, but for how they lived.” The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities and th...

Recruitment & Personnel

Mission Possible: Creating a New Face for the FBI

No law enforcement agency faces greater recruiting challenges than the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With stringent application requirements and a public image of "men in black," the agency has sev...

Leadership

Multiagency Teams: A Leadership Challenge

The author’s research was designed to examine the various cultural practices and communications protocols that either assisted in or interfered with the ability of police agencies to form and sustai...

Recruitment & Personnel

Police Supervision in the 21st Century: Can Traditional Work Standards and the Contemporary Employee Coexist?

There is little doubt that most police supervisors, at whatever level of the organization, have felt the frustration inherent in the attempted application of traditional work standards to employees wh...

Technology

Practical Technology for Smaller Agencies

Even under the best of economic conditions, conscientious public officials recognize that the department's budget and its ability to spend public funds represent an important trust from the citizens o...

Leadership

Preparing Leaders for Law Enforcement

Leadership is a concept that has received tremendous attention recently because of issues and incidents arising from some business, government, and religious organizations. As a result, the public is ...