December 2015

How to Encourage Reporting of Professional Misconduct

Reporting on the misconduct of colleagues in any job can be risky business. Repercussions can range from incivility in the workplace to harassment, destruction of personal property, ostracism, a stall...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP Participates in FAA Task Force on UAS Registration

In October, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the formation of a task force to help provide guidance on the registration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) weighing less than 55 pounds...

Line of Duty Deaths

LODD December 2015

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...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Shift Work, Sleep, Science, and…Sunglasses?

Sleep is an absolute necessity. Although the amount of sleep required for good health varies from one person to the next, there is no dispute that the lack of quality sleep takes a heavy toll on a per...

Traffic Safety

Highway Safety Initiatives: OPP Brings Fresh Perspective to Traffic Safety Social Media

With 72,000 kilometers (45,000 miles) of paved roads to police from border to border, traffic safety is a core function of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the delivery of its public safety mand...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Preparing for Changes to FLSA Regulations

Chiefs should work with their municipality’s human resources (HR) staff or labor counsel to prepare for proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime regulations that were pub...

Drugs & Alcohol

Research in Brief: Reducing Public Displays of Negative Alcohol-Related Behavior in a College Population

Durham, New Hampshire, is the host community for the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and 14,000 college students who spend four formative years living either on the university’s campus or in its i...

Ethics

The Professionalization of Policing in the U.K.: A Vital Opportunity to Improve Ethical Standards

British police enjoy an international reputation for being one of the most ethical law enforcement institutions in the world. Domestically, however, their good standing has been shaken. Recent years h...