December 2017

Index to Advertisers: December 2017

The advertisers in this issue can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention the Police Chief when contacting our advertisers. 3SI Security Systems 800...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: CORRECTIONS Act

On October 19, 2017, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Eliminating Costs for Taxpayers In Our National Syst...

IACP

IACP 2017 Recap

Report of the 124th Annual IACP Conference and Exposition...

The Dispatch

The Dispatch: December 2017

Police Chief knows that many of the best ideas and insights come from IACP members who serve their communities every day. The Dispatch is an opportunity for members and other readers to share their w...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: The Tale of Videotape-Recording Police Officers

Police officers encounter many challenges during a patrol shift, and bystanders recording police activity with their ever-accessible smartphone cameras is one of those challenges. There are times when...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: LEOKA Fatalities by Region and Jurisdiction Size and Type, 2007–2016

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program publishes annual data on law enforcement fatalities in the United States based on submis...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 10/13/2017–11/5/2017

“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...

Officer Safety Corner

Officer Safety Corner: The Critical Importance of Sleep for Police Officers

Without a sufficient amount of quality sleep, a police officer can experience impaired performance. However, it is not only performance, but also physical and mental health that can be adversely affec...