April 2010
Police Chief magazine’s 2010 Buyers’ Guide includes 624 companies. Sixty-eight percent of Police Chief readers have executive-level purchasing authority, controlling an annual equipment budget of approximately $167 billion across the United States. Of those, more than 70 percent indicate they will purchase administrative products,weapons, computer hardware, training services, transportation, and investigation products within the next two years.
Articles
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An Evaluation of the Waterbury Police Activity League
Many studies show a correlation between school dropout rates and delinquency. Nearly one-third of first-year U.S. high school students and one-half of African American and Hispanic students do not ear... -
Officer Safety During Police-on-Police Encounters
Concerns about officer safety often center on procedures, tactics, and equipment. Topics such as dynamic entry, arrest and raid plans, pursuit, vehicle positioning and approaches, firearms, less-letha... -
2010 Buyers’ Guide
The annual Buyers’ Guide is the most important tool available to law enforcement executives putting together their equipment budgets and the only buyers’ guide supported by over a century of IAC... -
Policing with Muslim Communities in the Age of Terrorism
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), like many U.S. law enforcement agencies, recognizes that Muslim communities, whether in Somalia where extremists are radicalizing Americans to their cause or ... -
The Caruth Police Institute: A Comprehensive Approach to Staff and Leadership Development
On December 4, 2008, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) began a unique crime-fighting partnership with two local universities whose resources are helping the department to develop more effective polic... -
Handling Citizen Complaints through Proactive Methodology
Law enforcement organizations nationwide deal with complaints on a frequent basis. Some citizen complaints are unfounded or simple misunderstandings resulting from poor communication. However, even mi... -
Update on the Prison Rape Elimination Act
National standards released in June 2009 by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC), pursuant to the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), apply to police departments operating t... -
Selection Interviews: Understanding the Psychology of First Impressions
Selection interviews continue to be one of the most popular tools used by organizations to choose prospective candidates for entry-level positions and promotion. Because the evaluations that law enfor... -
Strategies to Improve Recruitment
The IACP, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), has released a new publication to assist agencies with their recruitment efforts....
Columns
- President’s Message: A Strategic Plan for Law Enforcement
- Legislative Alert: 2010 Day on the Hill: A Great Success
- IACP Foundation: Police Foundation Ethics and Governance
- Chief’s Counsel: Ninth Circuit Approves Blanket County Jail Strip Search Policy
- From the Acting Director: Findings of the 2007 Forensic Evidence NIJ-Funded Survey
- Line of Duty Deaths: October 3, 2009–February 22, 2010
- Product Update: April 2010
- Advances & Applications: April 2010
- Index to Advertisers: April 2010
- Highway Safety Initiatives: Federal Highway Administration Issues 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices