June 2024

IACP@Work: The Intersection of Financial Crime and Human Trafficking

NW3C, in partnership with the IACP, the National Association of School Resource Officers, and OVC, developed a curriculum designed to educate high school students on identifying and preventing human t...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Misdemeanor Murder

At 3:00 a.m., a call comes through signaling trouble. The ranking officer reports a fatal collision with additional serious injuries to a family from out of state. The at-fault driver, also injured, a...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Cyber Attacks Strike Public Safety Agencies

On an evening in January 2024, the emergency communications department for a Northeastern U.S. county sent out an alarming message. Its computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system had been taken offline b...

Roll Call

Roll Call: Billy Grogan

I joined the IACP in 1996 as a lieutenant. I was interested in advancing my career and succeeding in law enforcement, and membership in the IACP was an essential tool to help me....

President's Message

President’s Message: High-Risk Operational Planning

As I write this, we are coming up to National Police Week. By the time this is printed, this solemn week will have passed. We will have honored those who sacrificed for their communities and our chose...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Collaboration for Care

In the Canadian province of Ontario, there continues to be a significant strain on frontline staff at agencies because police are called up to address both the health and human services needs of the c...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Reframing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

First responders do not typically come to mind when considering vulnerable populations. Police officers are trained to rush toward danger to save the vulnerable, and often society brands them as re...

Perspectives

Perspectives: June 2024

I believe the biggest challenge that today’s policing professionals face is the daily interactions with vulnerable populations, which can include homelessness, drug addiction, mental health issues, ...