June 2018

Today’s Police Chiefs’ Greatest Challenge: Accountability, Accountability, Accountability!

In today’s policing environment, maintaining trust is a constant internal and external challenge. Declining recruitment and retention efforts have created safety concerns for officers and communitie...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Life After Liverman: Continuing to Police Employee Speech on Social Media

Life after Liverman v. City of Petersburg is not as bleak as it seems. True, the purpose of Liverman was to provide a “shot across the bows” to public employers, warning that broad prior rest...

The Dispatch

The Dispatch: June 2018

Police Chief knows that many of the best ideas and insights come from IACP members who serve their communities every day....

Product Feature

Product Feature: Getting the Details Right Is Key for Safety Gear

For law enforcement, safety gear can take many forms. Some equipment—such as body armor—is of obvious and paramount importance. But many other kinds of gear play a role in officer safety, even...

Product Update

Product Update: June 2018

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...

Index to Advertisers

Index to Advertisers: June 2018

The advertisers in this issue can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today!...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Crash Reporting Centers: Moving Crash Reporting Away from the Roadway

Law enforcement leaders face a never-ending challenge to provide exceptional service while controlling costs. The lack of new resources to meet continually increasing demands requires that traditional...

Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths: 4/6/2018–5/6/2018

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 families,...