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Officer safety is of paramount importance to law enforcement leadership. It is embedded in the police culture at every level. Simply explained, the goal of every officer is to go home every day. When ...
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Police work has long been understood to involve work that may be considered upsetting and shocking to the public. Police officers routinely have to respond to situations where they are exposed to the ...
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The first modern active shooter incident occurred in Austin, Texas, on August 1, 1966, when Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas at Austin clock tower with an arsenal of weapo...
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Is “reentry” really what it sounds like—a return to home, work, and society? Many communities demonstrate that reentry is really something more complex and challenging, for both the person retur...
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IACP members help build safe, stable communities where everyone should have a place to call home. But some people in U.S. communities are not so fortunate. As police officers, law enforcement officers...
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In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator's Interpretation (AI) to clarify the factors an employer must consider when an employee requests leave to care for an adult ...
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Responding to suicidal individuals is an increasingly common occurrence in law enforcement work. Based on a 2008 Bureau of Justice Administration report an estimated 3 to 7 percent of all police calls...
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Most of the contacts officers and commanders have with psychologists deal with issues of mental health, such as fitness for duty and preemployment. The police psychologists themselves are generally cl...
