January 2024

What Law Enforcement Needs to Know About Kratom

In 2022, the Wetherington Law Firm filed civil action 22-A-1536 in the State Court of Cobb County, State of Georgia, for plaintiffs Dana Pope and John Pope, surviving parents of Ethan Pope, against 15...

Drugs & Alcohol

Hope in Action

In the ongoing battle against substance abuse, effective partnerships have emerged as a cornerstone for success. The collaborative efforts of the New Jersey Transit Police Department (NJTPD) and the ...

From the Director

From the Administrator: A Shared Mission to Save Lives

Today, people in the United States are experiencing the most devastating drug crisis in U.S. history. It is like nothing we have seen before. In 2022, in the United States, 110,757 people died from a ...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Creating Pathways to Treatment

The drug crisis has left no corner of the United States untouched. It has no regard for race, gender, socioeconomic status, or any other demographic, with overdoses taking the lives of almost 110,000 ...

Technology

Inside the FBI/CJIS: Balancing Information Security and Accessibility

Whether it’s a mobile terminal to run a license number or a criminal record in a database at the state bureau, every point of connectivity—and case file—within a law enforcement or criminal just...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Deploying Drug Detection K9s at Traffic Stops

Navigating what an officer can do on a traffic stop without violating a person’s constitutional right to be free from an unreasonable seizure gets complicated with the introduction of a drug detecti...

President's Message

President’s Message: Current Drug Trends Demand a Comprehensive Strategy

We are amid an unprecedented fatal and nonfatal overdose epidemic, and in my over 30 years of law enforcement experience, the devastation and violent crime resulting from illicit drugs—from their ma...

Spotlight

Spotlight: A Course in Collaboration

Becoming a police officer was once held in high esteem, but there has recently been a rapid decline in recruitment rates of the younger generation. Many attribute this decline to the public’s percep...