October 2011

A Multidisciplinary Approach Is the Key to Combating Child Sex Trafficking

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) is often perceived as an international problem, happening in foreign countries like Thailand, Brazil, or Mexico. For the most part, Americans are ...

Recruitment & Personnel

Consolidation Caveats

Many articles celebrate successful efforts at merging or consolidating police services. Not all such efforts result in a successful complete merger of departments, however, and it is important to exam...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Consolidation, Amalgamation, Regionalization: When Harsh Economic Realities Impact Police Agencies

There is a whole body of international research and reports about the many complex issues that focus on the escalating cost of policing as well as the pros and cons of amalgamations and restructuring ...

IACP

Dan Rosenblatt Receives COPS Lifetime Achievement Award

Dan Rosenblatt, executive director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, was presented with a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) lifetime achievement award on August 1, 2011. ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Dealing with Outside Influences in Disciplinary Decisions

I received a call from an 18-year veteran law enforcement professional who informed me that he had been suspended with pay and was told he was being subjected to an internal affairs investigation and ...

Drugs & Alcohol

Department of Homeland Security Partners with State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Law Enforcement to Counter Transnational Drug Trafficking

A large portion of the illicit drugs that harm America’s health and burden the nation’s criminal justice system originate from outside of the United States. For this reason, the Department of Home...

IACP

IACP Abroad: 9th IACP South American Executive Policing Conference

The IACP held its 9th South American Executive Policing conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 21–23, at the Rio Centro Convention Center. The host, Secretary of Public Safety for Rio de Janei...

IACP

IACP Foundation: A Personal Message: Year in Review and Foundations for the Future

As I look back on my year as chair of the IACP Foundation, I have several thoughts I would like to share with you. First and foremost, I want to say “thank you” to the IACP membership for its supp...