May 2014

Keeping Our Heroes Safe: A Comprehensive Approach to Destigmatizing Mental Health Issues in Law Enforcement

The suicide of a police officer is a tragedy on multiple levels: the senseless loss of the officer’s life to his or her family, community, department, and the law enforcement profession. Recent esti...

Leadership

Managing Change: A Success Story in a Culture Resistant to Change

A truism in policing is that the only thing cops hate more than change is the way things are. Police officers from any country will agree that police officers are often resistant—sometimes in quite ...

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May 2014 Products and Services

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...

Line of Duty Deaths

May 2014 Line of Duty Deaths

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 ...

Product Update

May 2014 Product Update

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...

Index to Advertisers

May 2014 Index to Advertisers

The advertisers in this list can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention the Police Chief when contacting our advertisers....

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Protecting Officers against Pathogens

Law enforcement officers face a variety of dangers, yet one of the most serious threats to officer health and well-being cannot be stopped by Kevlar, is not affected by OC spray, and cannot be defeate...

President's Message

President’s Message: Officer Safety Requires the Support of an Entire Agency

Officer safety and wellness has always been the IACP’s top priority. It is the position of the organization that no injury to or death of a law enforcement professional is acceptable, which is why t...