September 2015

Officer Safety Corner: IACP Center for Officer Safety and Wellness: Current Overview of Programs and Resources

Since its founding in 2012, the IACP Center for Officer Safety and Wellness (the Center) has emerged as the leading repository for resources designed to guide law enforcement in a range of officer saf...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Stronger Officers, Stronger Force: Wellness Programs Make Better Police

Law enforcement officers are not immune to the same creeping afflictions that affect other segments of modern society. In fact, studies show that they are, in many cases, even more susceptible than ot...

Product Update

Product Update September 2015

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...

Products & Services

Products & Services September 2015

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Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Concussions in Law Enforcement

A concussion or minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is defined as an impact to the head or forceful motion of the head resulting in any of the following: (a) a brief alteration of mental status such ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Supreme Court Decision Casts Doubt on Hotel Registry Ordinances

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not only invalidates a Los Angeles city ordinance requiring law enforcement access to hotel registries, but contains significant ramifications for cities wi...

From the Director

From the Director: The Priority Enforcement Program

Many of you are likely aware that the law enforcement work at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) falls primarily within two units: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement an...

Ethics

Unconstitutional Policing, Part 1: Redefining the Police Ethics Paradigm

Since all policing authority in the United States is derived from the U.S. Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights, to ignore, circumvent, or abuse these limitations of authority is to betray th...