November 2014

Building Relationships with Transgender Individuals

This fictional scenario is one faced in reality by many police agencies, and police chiefs need to ensure that their organizations are prepared to investigate this type of case and deal with the commu...

Education & Training

Education and Training as a Cornerstone to Professional Police Service

The professionalization of law enforcement encompasses a myriad of interrelated components, including the selection and recruitment of quality personnel; the integration of emerging scientific and tec...

Mental Health

Effective Law Enforcement Response to People with Disabilities

The likelihood that law enforcement personnel will encounter a victim with a disability is extremely high. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), people with disabilities experience...

Education & Training

Evaluating and Utilizing Specialized College Courses for Police Officers

Training police officers has long been a priority of law enforcement agencies in the United States. In fact, the first successful law enforcement departments established in the New England states in t...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Preparing Legislative Agenda for the 114th U.S. Congress

In January 2015, the 114th U.S. Congress will be sworn into office. At the beginning of each new congressional session, the IACP releases a new legislative agenda that provides an overview of the IACP...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Is “Presence” a Use of Force?

Instruction provided to police officers throughout the United States associated with the appropriate use of force has evolved significantly since the mid-1980s. This evolution likely began with the U....

Mental Health

Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety? Three Case Studies

Police executives are challenged with providing effective services to the whole community served by their departments, which includes persons experiencing crises or mental health challenges. Training ...

Mental Health

New Training: Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia—What Every Department Needs to Know

As society changes, law enforcement agencies must be prepared to evolve and adapt to new challenges in order to better serve their communities. There are over 5 million people in the United States wit...