October 2005

21st Century Issues Related to Police Training and Standards

Law enforcement in Western culture is already several centuries old. Even the most causal reflection will identify the magnitude of change over the years. Police museums are populated with mannequins ...

Technology

Advances & Applications (October 2005)

New Public Safety Building Opens in Texas City Brinkley Sargent Architects announces the opening of the Temple Public Safety Building in Temple, Texas. The 50,000-square-foot building was completed in...

Education & Training

Building Training Capacity for Homeland Security: Lessons Learned from Community Policing

A heightened state of awareness of terrorist threats has been woven into the everyday experience of many Americans. Nowhere is this more keenly felt than in law enforcement. As law enforcement acknowl...

Education & Training

Distance Learning: Is It the Answer to Your Department’s Training Needs?

Training is vital to the success of individual police officers and their departments. The better trained the officers, the more successful the department. Every department has certain training mandate...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Best Ideas in Traffic Safety

Finding new ideas to improve your traffic safety programs just got a lot easier. The IACP has compiled 50 of the best initiatives from this year's IACP National Law Enforcement Challenge....

IACP

IACP News: October 2005

Pensacola’s Take Me Home Program The Pensacola, Florida, Police Department faced the questions of what to do when officers encountered nonverbal persons and how police officers could reach a res...

Mental Health

Law Enforcement-Driven Action Research

In a study comparing highly rated police officers to lower-level performers, high performers were found to be more gregarious, display a more positive outlook on life, exhibit greater interpersonal wa...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: Appropriations Bills for 2006 Still Await Congressional Approval

Congress continues to work on the 13 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2006. But only two of the bills have been signed into law by President Bush. Because the fiscal year ends on September 30, it ...