June 2022

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Addressing “Pothole Issues”

Law enforcement can enhance roadway safety by pursuing meaningful solutions to everyday traffic safety concerns. Guided by the principles of community-oriented policing, law enforcement should strive ...

Drugs & Alcohol

Joining Forces

On September 30, 2007, ministers from France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, not only to acknowledge the threat posed by bulk mo...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Managing the Life Cycle of Digital Evidence

As technology continues to expand, so does the type of information that can be collected as evidence to assist in an investigation. From body-worn camera, dashcam, and CCTV footage to photos, emergenc...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Suspects, Supplies, or Sufferers

Would you prefer being forced to eat ice cream after every meal for a month or not being allowed to eat any ice cream for a month? Even if ice cream is your favorite dessert, eating it after every mea...

Spotlight

Spotlight: A Beacon of HOPE

Hope. It’s a word that many law enforcement officers are familiar with as they try to bring it to the communities they serve. But, for two California-based agencies, “hope” has an alternative me...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Enhancing Conviction Integrity through Forensics

Maintaining the integrity of case outcomes depends on understanding and effectively presenting all types of forensic evidence. The ability to accurately depict, and even reconstruct, case elements req...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Police-Based Youth Diversion

A police youth resource officer (YRO) diversion model has re-cently shown success in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, not only in reducing juvenile arrests but also in connecting youth to service...

Human & Civil Rights

Interview Considerations – Complex Trauma

Complex trauma occurs when a child is subjected to repetitive and chronic forms of adversity and abuse (i.e., neglect or emotional, physical, or sexual abuse). These experiences can result in emotiona...