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The Seattle, Washington, Police Department (SPD) has been operating under the COVID-19 pandemic since February 27, 2020. This is the date that the Seattle-King County region identifies as marking when...
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Developing, implementing, and updating policies are essential processes to maintain efficient and effective police operations. IACPnet provides a repository of information and resources by agencies an...
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It should come as no surprise that facial recognition software is seen by many law enforcement officials as a valuable tool to help identify or locate people, either to assist victims or bring offende...
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After more than two decades of advocacy, the IACP had a front row seat to history as the association’s leaders joined U.S. Attorney General William Barr on January 22, 2020, as he swore in the 16 c...
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Over half of the world’s gun deaths took place in six countries: Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela, and the United States. What’s more is that 94 percent of the most violent cities i...
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At 1:40 p.m. on March 15, 2019, New Zealand faced its worst firearms attack in the country’s history. Within moments, the first of many reports reached the emergency floor of the Justice Precinct Bu...
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Throughout the many years of force reviews conducted by the Los Angeles, California, Police Department’s Deputy Chief Kris Pitcher has found an ongoing issue that is pronounced in thousands of non-l...
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A claim of police brutality is an ugly, emotional, and politically loaded accusation. Police brutality is “the use of unnecessary and/or excessive force by police officers when handling civilians...
