December 2009

Highway Safety Committee Policy Recommendation

Major David A. Salmon, Director of Traffic Services for the New York State Police, represented the IACP and its Highway Safety Committee at the U.S. Secretary of Transportation’s Distracted Driving ...

IACP Foundation: Third Annual Foundation Fundraiser Reaches New Summit

IMGXYZ2818IMGZYX Photographs by Convention Photo by Joe Orlando Inc. lmost 350 guests joined the Foundation and IACP leadership at the Foundation’s Third Annual Fundraising Gala, which was held on S...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Mandatory Arrest Statutes – Are They Really Mandatory?

A new statute in Maryland directs that “An officer shall arrest with or without a warrant and take into custody a person who the officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of an interim, ...

Nab’em with NIBIN: Ballistics Imaging Technology

n a quiet Dade County Florida neighborhood, a man and his son are murdered while they sleep. Their home is ransacked and robbed. When Miami-Dade police arrive at the scene, the killer is gone, but the...

NamUs.gov – New Centralized System for Finding the Missing and Identifying the Unknown

issing and unidentified person cases present a huge challenge for state and local law enforcement agencies. Investigating these cases can demand extensive time and effort, and there are often few lead...

Report of the 116th Annual Conference: Denver

IMGXYZ2842IMGZYX Board of Officers General Assemblies IACP Business Education Exhibit Hall Special Events Thank You Denver Resolutions Life Members Exhibitor Update – Please see the Product Upda...

IACP

Legislative Alert: Robinson Sworn in as Assistant Attorney General

On November 9, 2009, Laurie Robinson was sworn in as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The IACP strongly supported Ms. Robinson’s nomination. During her con...

President's Message

President’s Message: Safeguarding Officers

In my address at the Denver conference, I outlined my commitment to safeguarding the lives of our officers. There is nothing of greater importance to me as a police chief than the protection of the me...