April 2021

Proactively Serving High-Risk Populations

Autism. Williams syndrome. Alzheimer’s. Schizophrenia. These terms are often scary to any neurotypical police officer or layperson who has never personally encountered a person with one or more of t...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Bringing COVID-19 Resources and Research to the Field

The policing profession already faces many challenges in a typical year. However, it became clear in March 2020, as people across the globe encountered a worldwide pandemic, that the year 2020 would b...

Drugs & Alcohol

Building a Multijurisdictional Deflection Program

Kevin had been “involved” with the criminal justice system for his entire adult life. By the time he was 32, he had been incarcerated nine times for offenses ranging from shoplifting to larceny....

From the Director

From the Vice President: Missing Children on the Autism Spectrum

According to the most recent analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 54 children in the United States is on the autism spectrum. That’s up from the 1 in 68 diagnosed in 20...

Mental Health

Suicide by Cop

In 1999, I was a young patrol sergeant working in a new division. Late one evening, I responded to a supervisor request on a domestic violence call in which the suspect attempted to stab his wife with...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Participation in Co-responder Models

As policing professionals, we are passionate problem solvers who recognize that the maintenance of public safety and order involves understanding the root causes of crime and not responding to the sym...