January 2025

The Brief: Strengthening Ties Between Police and Communities

Community policing is a culture that enhances trust and legitimacy through collaborative, sustainable relationships with the police and the public to address solutions to crime and improve people’s ...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Promising Practices in Victim Support

As first responders, police officers and their agencies are in a unique position to shape a victim’s initial experience with the justice system. Victims who report negative experiences with the poli...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Empowering Departments

In recent years, officer resignations have continued to increase with some agencies reporting nearly 50 percent more resignations in 2022 than in 2019.1 This stark shift can’t be traced back to one ...

Perspectives

Perspectives: January 2025

The foundation of empowering the youth starts with our school resource officers. We build upon those relationships to immediately address any of the needs of our youth. We collaborate with community s...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Broadening the Reach of Speed Cameras

It was a hazy, overcast day, and “Matthew” had overslept. He was in a rush to get to work. But the traffic lights didn’t seem to want to comply with his plan. Annoyed and trying to make up for l...

Youth

A side view a teacher and her pupil having a chat outside of the classroom of a school in Hexham in the North East of England. they are sitting together and having a discussion the young girl has a fed-up look on her face.

Supporting Youth Beyond the Call

School started well enough at the beginning of the year. However, when siblings Michael and Maya returned from winter break with their classmates, something was noticeably different. (Youth’s names ...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Visa Programs Designed for Cooperative Victims and Witnesses

The U.S. government does not intend for a victim of a crime who is in the United States unlawfully to be shuttled across borders by the federal immigration authority when that victim is needed for the...

President's Message

President’s Message: Preventing and Combating Hate Crimes

In 2013, Chief Paul Cell was sworn in as president of IACP. Recognizing the growth of transnational crime and the critical role of global collaboration, President Cell made expanding our international...