July 2024

Spotlight: Running Toward Future Growth

Jon Matthews, a sergeant with the Greensboro Police Department, left the profession after serving for 10 years in order to become a full-time youth minister. Although he thrived in his pastorate for m...

Technology

Inside the FBI/CJIS: Working Together to Keep Guns from Prohibited People

The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is used to search available background information about individuals who are seeking to possess a firearm. Federal firearms lice...

Education & Training

Introducing Problem-Based Learning

In the course of their work, police officers often encounter problems. Some may be standard for the conditions of service, while others need a concentration of efforts to solve them, carry more uncert...

Roll Call

Roll Call: Stephen Redfearn

When I became a division chief at my prior agency, I wanted access to all of the material, training, and conferences that the IACP provides. I knew that these things would assist me in my new role as ...

Exposition

Exposition: July 2024

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

Technology

IACP 2024 Technology Conference Recap

This year, the IACP welcomed attendees from across the globe to the 2024 Technology Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 21–23. The event brought together more than 1,000 attendees from a...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

From Evidence to Actionable Victim Engagement

It is not unusual for victims to find it difficult to engage with the police after experiencing an assault. Often, victims fear they will not be believed or that reporting the crime will not have any ...

The Brief

The Brief: Five Ways Human Resources Can Serve as a Vital Ally to Police Leadership

Does your police agency have a human resource (HR) ally in its corner? Like the ever-changing landscape of policing, the field of HR has also been transformed. Modern HR has evolved from the dated,...