May 2012

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Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: National Data Collection: A Call to Action

Data Providers Examined BJA Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program (PSOB) CDC National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) Bureau of Labor Statistics: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuri...

President's Message

President’s Message: Officer Safety: A Call to Action

When I had the honor to be sworn in as your president last year in Chicago, I vowed to you that, during my term, the first priority of the IACP would be to continue a comprehensive violence against po...

Technology

Performance Management for Policing

New and emerging technologies are playing an increasingly crucial role in the daily work of frontline law enforcement officers, equipping them with enforcement and investigative tools that have the po...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Foot Patrols Responsible for Marked Decline in Violent Crime

The IACP Research Advisory Committee is proud to offer the monthly “Research in Brief” column. This column will feature evidence-based research summaries that highlight actionable recommendations ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Schedule Matters: The Movement to Compressed Work Weeks

The compressed work week (CWW) is a schedule in which officers work longer but fewer days in a work cycle. These schedules are not new in policing; since the early 1970s, this topic has been the focus...

Mass Casualty Attacks

Shave Seconds, Increase Safety: Innovative Deployment Practices for Critical Equipment Increase Officer Safety

Located on the central west coast of Florida, Saint Petersburg is Florida’s fourth largest city with approximately 250,000 residents. For nearly 30 years, police officers at the Saint Petersburg Pol...

Community-Police Engagement

The Benefits of Law Enforcement Advocates within the Denver Police Department

On 2003, the Denver, Colorado, Police Department partnered with the Denver Juvenile and Family Justice Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (DJFJ TASC), Colorado Judicial Branch, to create t...