Dani Gudakunst, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Officer Safety Corner: Taking Care of Your Own: Sustaining a Culture of Crash Prevention Efforts in Law Enforcement

Each day in the lives of local and international law enforcement professionals requires balancing officer safety concerns with serving and protecting citizens and communities. It’s no secret that la...

Legislative Alert

Legislative Alert: IACP President Testifies on Mental Health Care and Law Enforcement’s Role

On February 15, 2017, IACP President Donald W. De Lucca testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies’ Hearing on ...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Leveraging Foot Patrol to Strengthen Community-Police Relations

In 2016, the Police Foundation examined how five U.S. law enforcement agencies have returned to a policing tradition—foot patrol—to engage and build relationships with their communities. The study...

Technology

Recent Improvements to the FBI’s National Data Exchange (N DEx)

Much has happened at the N-DEx Program Office since the 2013 Police Chief article featuring the N‑DEx system.1 As the United States’ premier no-cost criminal justice information sharing system, N-...

Youth

The MASTLE: Obtaining Legitimacy Through Fair, Impartial, and Objective Decision-Making

Trust and legitimacy are built on fairness and integrity. When law enforcement personnel are trustworthy, honest, and concerned about the well-being of the people they encounter, long-term relationshi...

Ethics

Assessing Bias and Intolerance in Police and Public Safety Personnel

Being a law enforcement officer in today’s society is a challenging and complex task; it requires officers to be free from bias and intolerance in order to perform their duties well. At present, lim...

Officer Safety & Wellness

Event Deconfliction Avoids Operational Conflicts, Saves Lives, and Solves Cases

One of the greatest responsibilities a country has is to provide a safe working environment for its law enforcement professionals. Every day, officers risk their lives keeping their communities safe f...

Recruitment & Personnel

Police Officer Recruitment- A Decade Later

In October 2006, “Police Officer Recruitment: A Public Sector Crisis,” was published in Police Chief. The article identified a number of issues impacting the recruitment of police officers includi...