August 2020

Focus on Officer Wellness: A Chief’s Role in Preventing Suicide

Just imagine your phone rings at 4:11 a.m. on a warm June night in 2010. As a chief of police, you are expecting it to be a phone call about a homicide or a traffic fatality, but when you answer, the ...

The Advisor

The Advisor: August 2020

It is often hoped that the mission and core values of the organization are part of what attracts interested candidates for employment—they are drawn to the agency because of officers’ conduct, rep...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Enhancing Technology through the Cloud

In 2017, Chief John Carli of the Vacaville, California, Police Department went in search of creating a customized mobile wellness app for his agency. One year earlier, in 2016, Chief Dave Hofma...

IACP Net Bulletin

IACP Net Bulletin: Youth Safety & Engagement

Young people play an important role in all communities. Strengthening youth-police relations, keeping children safe, and appropriately handling juvenile justice issues are just a few youth-related are...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Traffic Safety Enforcement During COVID-19

Traffic is down, but fatalities are on the rise. The state of Connecticut’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in highway traffic decreasing by 50 percent during the stay-at-home order when ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: COVID-19 Layoffs

In a unionized department, a public employer is required to give to employee bargaining representatives (unions) both notice and an opportunity to request bargaining before unilaterally establishing o...

Exposition

Exposition: August 2020

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 manufacturers a...

Index to Advertisers

Ad Index: August 2020

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