October 2009

Advances & Applications: October 2009

Where do the good ideas come from? In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about—and benefit from—some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented by law enforcement c...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Line of Duty Deaths: March 9, 2009–August 24, 2009

Line of Duty Deaths “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...

IACP

IACP News: October 2009

Halloween Safety Hotline IACP and the National Confectioners Association joined forces in 1982, establishing the Halloween Candy Hotline to assist law enforcement officials and poison control nationwi...

Products & Services

Exhibitor Update: October 2009

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacture...

Legal

Legislative Alert: Collective Bargaining Legislation Still Looming

In the last congressional session, there were many attempts to pass H.R. 413, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act. The legislation is strongly opposed by the IACP. Briefly, H.R....

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Designation of Family Medical Leave

The U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations, which became effective January 16, 2009, make several changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act’s notice requirements on the parts of both employers a...

Ethics

Dodging the Pitfalls of Noble Cause Corruption and the Intelligence Unit

With today’s national emphasis for an Intelligence-Sharing Environment (ISE), there are greater opportunities for noble cause corruption (NCC) in law enforcement’s efforts to combat terrorism and ...

Investigations

Eyewitness Identification: Views from the Trenches

Eyewitness testimony is an important investigative tool and extremely compelling in court. Unfortunately mistaken eyewitness identification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationw...