August 2020

Building Social Capital

On February 1, 2017, A headline read, “Gangs, guns and rap videos helped make 2016 Norfolk’s deadliest year in a decade.” The article depicted a photograph of three African American youth holdin...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Engaging Youth During a Crisis

How can agencies engage youth during times of crisis such as a pandemic?...

Youth

The city of the Gold Coast in Queensland is the sixth-largest city in Australia. Covering an area of 500 square miles, the city includes rainforests, farmlands, highly urbanized areas, commercial and ...

Youth

Empowering Youth to Promote Safe Driving

While most people wish to encourage good behavior or actions, change or improvement often comes as a reaction to a tragedy. For Chief John Hofer and the Harrisonville, Missouri, community, one such tr...

The Brief

The Brief: IACP Launches Community-Police Engagement Webpage

The IACP has launched a new Community-Police Engagement webpage to support police and communities in their efforts to engage in productive dialogue, form strong partnerships, and identify meaningful s...

Legal

The Complexities of Qualified Immunity

As discussions regarding police reform continue on the federal, state, and local levels, one recurring topic is qualified immunity. I have responded to countless media requests on the issue and recent...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: New Online Training Series

The high number of children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities and the following traumatic disruption to their development constitute a public health crisis....

From the Director

From the President/CEO: The Pandemic’s Impact on Child Safety

As families all over the world have sought refuge from the global pandemic in the safety of their homes, the unprecedented lockdown has had some unintended consequences, one of which is exposing more ...

Month: August 2020