November 2015

Ideas & Insights: Chiefs as Change Agents

An often-heard lament of police chiefs is that police officers hate two things—the way things are and change. Stephen Mastrofski’s article on the role of police chiefs in initiating and managing c...

Leadership

Ideas & Insights: Police CEOs: Agents of Change?

Police organizations and their leaders are often characterized as resistant to change. This school of thought holds that police administrators cling to old ways, and, if they do make changes, they are...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Is Law Enforcement Training Affective Enough?

Recent events in the law enforcement arena have highlighted very serious issues concerning the behavior, attitudes, and beliefs of some law enforcement professionals sworn to protect the public. A his...

Line of Duty Deaths

November 2015 LODD

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 sacrif...

Product Update

November 2015 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

November 2015 Index to Advertisers

The advertisers in this listing 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: Law Enforcement Firearms Range Medical Preparedness

Law enforcement officers (LEOs) are at risk for both medical and traumatic emergencies even during training and when not engaged in what would be considered hazardous situations. Each year, the same t...

Traffic Safety

Operation SPIDRE: Maryland’s Approach to High-Visibility Enforcement of Impaired Driving Laws

Like many agencies across the United States, Maryland’s law enforcement agencies have engaged in intense, focused, and frequent high-visibility enforcement (HVE) in efforts to reduce traffic crashes...