October 2020

Message du président: Une année en revue

Chaque année a ses moments marquants, mais comment aurions-nous pu prédire ce que cette année apporterait à notre profession ? D'une pandémie mondiale aux troubles civils, en passant par des vagu...

Policy

Police Reform Requires Raising Educational Standards

Is law enforcement a “profession”? Police officers certainly consider themselves to be professionals; however, society continues to struggle to hold law enforcement in the same regard as engineeri...

President's Message

President’s Message: A Year in Review (2019–2020)

Each year has its defining moments, but how could we have predicted what this year would bring for our profession? From a global pandemic, to civil unrest, to waves of political change and calls for r...

Policy

Special Feature: IACP Interviews U.S. Attorney General on Global Policing Topics

IACP President Steven R. Casstevens had the opportunity to sit down with United States Attorney General William P. Barr in early September 2020 to discuss the most pressing issues confronting policing...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Developing “Right-Size Research”

Every day, police officers make decisions that significantly impact the lives of others and, sometimes, their own lives. Policing involves consequential, potentially life-or-death decisions, and at a...

Policy

Jettisoning the Lethal Force Gold Standard

California Assembly Bill AB-392 was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on August 19, 2019, and went into effect on January 1, 2020. The new law sponsored by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Di...

Policy

Proven Pandemic Response Tactics

The Seattle, Washington, Police Department (SPD) has been operating under the COVID-19 pandemic since February 27, 2020. This is the date that the Seattle-King County region identifies as marking when...