November 2022

Chief’s Counsel: Understanding and Managing Your Next Crisis

One of the worst phone calls for any sheriff or chief is learning there is an officer down or that an officer took someone’s life. Most law enforcement executives have a solid plan for the immedi...

Mass Casualty Attacks

Healing in the Wake of Harm

Over the last few months, the media has been saturated with reports and images of acts of mass violence perpetrated in communities across the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the...

Crime & Violence

A Dangerous Link

Deputy Sheriff Peter Herrera, 35, made a traffic stop for a driver’s failure to dim high beams on March 22, 2019. After initiating the stop, he determined the car’s registration was also expired....

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Law Enforcement Response to Victims

These approaches encourage personnel involved in victim response to focus on victims’ needs during engagement with justice system processes. When law enforcement agency personnel respond effectively...

Mass Casualty Attacks

Readiness, Response, Resilience & Recovery

For over 35 years, law enforcement and victim and survivor assistance professionals have partnered to prepare for and respond to mass violence and terrorism incidents (MVIs) in a manner that is...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Year Ahead: 2022–2023

As I begin my term as the 2022–2023 IACP president, I wish to thank the IACP staff, board members, and Immediate Past President Dwight Henninger for their service and work to move the association fo...

Index to Advertisers

Ad Index: November 2022

The advertisers in this issue, such as LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions, Abbott, Lexipol, and Utility, can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mentio...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Preparing for Critical Incidents

What is the single most important thing you can do to prepare your agency to successfully address critical incidents? With any critical incident, leadership will underpin your organization’s success...