May 2024

Product Feature: Continuing the Legacy

It's 2021. A chief of police arrives at his desk and notices a package has come through the mail. Upon opening it, he sees a broken name pin. He pulls it out, flips it over to reveal the name, and is ...

Exposition

Exposition: May 2024

Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacturers a...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations by EAP Counselors

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits a covered U.S. employer (which includes police departments) from making disability-related inquiries or requiring medical examinations of job applic...

Technology

Inside the FBI/CJIS: The FBI’s Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection

Comprehensive data can help identify risk factors associated with police deaths by suicide and attempted suicides. These risk factors may include job-related stressors, exposure to traumatic events, p...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Healthy Police, Healthy Community

Traditionally, a police officer’s wellness has been determined by their physical fitness and access to safety gear. However, more recently, the profession has begun to recognize the important role m...

Informer

Informer: May 2024

Research abounds on topics related to policing and criminal justice, and it can be difficult to sift through it all. Informer breaks down three studies for police leaders to help keep them up to date....

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Protecting the Skies Calls for More than Decoding

It is promising to be another big year in sports—Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024 was only the beginning. Spring training for professional baseball has already started. Then, Paris, France, will...

Officer Safety & Wellness

2024 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness Conference Recap

This year, the IACP welcomed attendees from across the globe to the 2024 Officer Safety and Wellness Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 1–3. Through hybrid programming, dozens of worksho...