September 2017

IACP Working for You: IACP Provides Engagement Opportunities for Members

Over the past few years, IACP membership has grown significantly, from 24,000 members in 2014, to just over 30,000 members as of June 2017—the highest number of IACP members to date. While membershi...

Technology Talk

Technology Talk: HSI Forensic Laboratory: A Unique Resource for Law Enforcement

As criminals and criminal organizations continue to engage in increasingly sophisticated illegal activity that often spans multiple jurisdictions, it is vitally important that law enforcement utilizes...

The Dispatch

The Dispatch: September 2017

In July, Police Chief asked our readers what they consider to be the greatest threat to global security. Here is what you told us....

Index to Advertisers

Index to Advertisers: September 2017

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. Please contact The ...

IACP

IACP 2017 Featured Highlights: Solutions for a Safer Society

IACP 2017 will be taking place October 21–24, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. It is not too late to make plans to join thousands of law enforcement leader...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Ninth Circuit’s Provocation Rule

In a recent case, County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the “provocation rule” developed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1994. The provocation rule provided ...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: July 9, 2017— August 6, 2017

The IACP wishes to acknowledge the following officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities and the people they served. We extend our prayers and deepest sympathies to their familie...

Product Update

Product Update: September 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 manufactu...