September 2019

Bioterrorism and Threats to Water Safety

When one contemplates the universe of U.S. agencies researching, investigating, and gathering intelligence on potential terror targets and methods, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rarely mak...

Terrorism

The Evolution of Terrorism: Challenges, Outlook, and Strategy

Pittsburgh. San Bernardino. Charlottesville. Charleston. These tragic events, now seared into the history of the United States, represent the evolution of terrorism in the United States. Since the 9/...

Spotlight

Spotlight: The New School Resource “Officer” in Wausau

Advances in research and medicine have shown excess stress to be harmful to those who experience it, and, unfortunately, youth are not exempt from its negative effects. Regardless of location or demog...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: First Responder Health 18 Years Later

Eighteen years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the toll of that day continues to be felt by the thousands of first responders who rushed in to help....

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Despite Supreme Court Decision, Still Best to Get a Warrant for Blood Draws

On the last day before its 2019 summer recess, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Mitchell v. Wisconsin that a warrant is generally not required to draw blood for a blood alcohol content (BAC) test fro...

Exposition

Exposition: September 2019

Stay up to date on new products and advances in technology to ensure your officers are equipped with the tools they need....

The Brief

The Brief: Time Is Not Always on Our Side—Message from IACP Police Physicians Section

In the late 1960s, Dr. R. Adams Cowley, the founder of the Baltimore, Maryland, Shock Trauma Center, coined the term “Golden Hour.” He demonstrated that delivering critically injured patients exp...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Forward-Deployed Forensics

When a problem is presented, I enjoy not only the challenge of solving the problem or coming up with creative solutions, but also the sense of assisting others. Crime scenes are the start...