June 2017

Legislative Alert: Chief Will Johnson Testifies on Responses to Increase in Religious Hate Crimes

On May 2, 2017, Chief Will D. Johnson, chair of the IACP Human and Civil Rights Committee, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing entitled Responses to the Increase i...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: The Use of Place-Based Policing Strategies to Reduce Violent Crime in Chicago Neighborhoods

Hot spots policing strategies have become a widely adopted innovations in law enforcement over the past 30 years. These strategies focus patrol resources on a small number of locations that account fo...

IACP Working for You

IACP Working for You: The Annual Training Conference on Drugs, Alcohol, and Impaired Driving

For 22 years, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has partnered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and various state highway safety offices to provide...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Current Issues in Drug-Impaired Driving

The 2013-2014 National Roadside Study of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers revealed an encouraging trend of declining alcohol use by drivers. The data collected by this study, along with the overall dec...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Firearms Industry Catering to Law Enforcement Needs

There is evidence that firearms sales have slowed over the past several months in the United States. According to data from the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 2,433,092 backgr...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: Beyond Cost Savings: Online Community Reporting Tools Forge Stronger Community Bonds

Research shows that one of the best ways to improve the bonds be-tween law enforcement agencies and the community members they serve is to foster more community involvement in crime reduction efforts....

Product Update

Product Update: June 2017

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 manu...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Protecting Our K9 Partners

Two words that explain the bond that is formed between K9 handlers and their K9s are loyalty and companionship. The bond that forms between a K9 handler and the K9 is a very special one, and each such...