August 2022

Product Feature: Providing Support to Those Who Serve

The public safety field can be full of traumatic experiences that could result in long-term effects. About 80 percent of first responders will experience a mental health–related issue in their caree...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Healing in the Wake of Harm

Acts of mass violence present unique challenges for law enforcement leaders tasked with keeping their communities and officers safe during a time of intense pressure. Police have numerous responsib...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Geofence Warrants

State and local law enforcement are increasingly turning to Google data in search of suspects for serious crimes. Location tracking data are one way for law enforcement to seek out suspects in the vic...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: The Promise of Data Sophistication in Decreasing Traffic Fatalities

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2020, 38,824 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes—the largest number of fatalities s...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Increasing Fairness and Effectiveness

There is strong evidence from multiple rigorous evaluations that police can effectively reduce crime when they focus on proactive strategies like hot spots policing.1 But there are concerns that fo...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Crime Trends

Since the turn of the century, technology has produced a transformation in criminal justice. Technology and related data have profoundly emerged as the targets of many crimes we have dubbed cybercrime...

Exposition

Exposition: August 2022

Stay up to date on new products and advances in technology to ensure your officers are equipped with the tools they need....

The Advisor

The Advisor: Values of a Leader

Experience is often said to be the best teacher. Each month, a question asked by a new chief of police or future law enforcement executive is answered by experienced leaders....