March 2025

France’s Step-by-Step Road Safety Policy

France has a population of 65.9 million inhabitants, living in very different populated areas: more than 10 million are living in highly dense urban areas, whereas many others are living in very rural...

Traffic Safety

IACP Answers the Road Safety Call

Road traffic crashes resulting in fatalities and injury are an everyday reality for policing professionals around the world, whether attempting prevention or dealing with what can be a devastating out...

Technology

UAS Crime Scene Videography

Drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have rapidly transformed policing, particularly tactical operations. Their ability to gather intelligence, provide aerial perspectives for situational aware...

Drugs & Alcohol

A close-up image of a person's hand holding a steering wheel while driving. The person is also holding a lit cigarette or joint between their fingers. The background shows a blurred view of a road and some buildings, with sunlight streaming in from the left side of the image.

Cannabis Contradictions and Challenges

In a June 2021 Special Session, the Connecticut House of Representatives voted to become the 19th state to legalize the use of recreational cannabis for adults over the age of 21. The state capitol, s...

Traffic Safety

Traffic seen passing a police van on Tower Bridge (London) at night.

The Art of the Possible, Permissible, and Acceptable

Roads policing (a UK term relating to dedicated highway patrol and traffic enforcement units) evokes mixed feelings from the public and from policing professionals alike. Nobody likes to be caught spe...

Traffic Safety

Highway Patrol officer wearing a mask writing a traffic ticket on the side of the road during the day

Curbing the Threat of Distracted Driving

A dramatic increase in road deaths reported in 2021, showing almost 43,000 people killed on U.S. highways, revealed how easily progress in making roads safer can be lost.1 This 10 percent increase in ...

President's Message

President’s Message: Roadway Safety—A Global Imperative

In 2023, the United States witnessed an estimated 40,990 traffic fatalities. This alarmingly high figure doesn’t even come close to the global scale of roadway fatalities. This staggering number und...