November 2017

Research in Brief: Teaching Procedural Justice and Communication Skills during Community-Police Encounters

Patrol officers are expected to fulfill a wide range of functions, including preventing crime, helping victims and others in danger, resolving conflicts between parties, managing the movement of peopl...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Disability Liability and Creative Solutions

Whether in reality or simply by the eye test, peace officer duty–related health issues such as injury and disability claims seem to be an increasingly significant area of liability for police depart...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: Suicide Awareness and Prevention for Law Enforcement Professionals

The law enforcement profession must recognize the importance of officer safety and wellness. Officers see, hear, and face things that most people will not witness in their life-times, and the resultin...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: U.S. Attorney General Announces Initiatives to Reduce Violent Crime

In October 2017, U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice (DOJ) actions to reduce violent crime in the United States. One such action is the reinvigoration of Project...

Product Update

Product Update: November 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...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 9/8/2017–10/13/2017

“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 sacrifice for their communities and t...

Index to Advertisers

Index to Advertisers: November 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. American Military Univ...