August 2006
Guest Editor: Louis Mayo, Ph.D., Executive Director,
Police Association for College Education, Mineral, Virginia
Boston—America’s Walking City—is the site for the 113th Annual IACP Conference convening on Saturday, October 14, and ending on Wednesday, October 18, 2006. For inside information about the conference, see the Insider’s Guide, of this issue. Photograph of downtown Boston on the Charles River.
Articles
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113th Annual IACP Conference Insider's Guide
The 113th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police will convene Saturday, October 14, through Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center,... -
College Education and Policing
The genesis of this article was a panel presentation at the 110th Annual IACP Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the presentation, more than 100 law enforcement executives and police offi... -
The Florida Research
Police are the most visible government servants. Incidents of police misconduct and abuse of power concern everyone in the profession, because these incidents directly and indirectly lead to loss of p... -
The Chief’s Perspective
Chiefs who consider requiring their officers to have degrees may wonder how their agency would benefit from the increased educational requirements. They also wonder if their department's recruiting ca... -
University Perspective: The Policing Profession in 2050
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Support for College Degree Requirements: The Big Picture
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Burnsville, Minnesota
For the past 38 years, the Burnsville Police Department in Minnesota has required a four-year degree for those candidates wanting to become police officers with our city. At first it seemed to create ... -
Charleston, South Carolina
Considering today's job market and the past difficulties faced by departments attempting to recruit just enough employees to fill the ranks, many executives must wonder if requiring the college degree... -
Dover Township, New Jersey
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Multnomah County, Oregon
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Lakewood, Colorado
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Redlands, California
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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North Dakota Highway Patrol
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Gaston County, North Carolina
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Selected Annotated Bibliography on Performance of Officers with Bachelor’s Degrees
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Measuring Professionalism of Police Officers
For the past several decades, there have been efforts to increase the education requirements for law enforcement officers. Newspaper, magazine, and journal articles cite numerous studies whose finding... -
Changing Profession Requires New Level of Education
The training of police officers in the last century focused mainly on the physical aspects of the job. Officers were expected to be reactive, appearing in a community only when a situation had gotten ... -
Distance Learning Is Practical—Even for Chiefs
In today's fast-moving, politically charged world, a police chief's professional success is often measured in longevity, the number of hash marks worn on their sleeve. Most successful chief executive ... -
Does the Benefit Outweigh the Cost? Using Assessment Centers in Selecting Middle Managers
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Austin Police Department DWI Enforcement Program
Historically, the Austin experience is similar to other communities' efforts to enforce driving while impaired (DWI) laws. Austin's DWI enforcement was originally the sole responsibility of patrol off...
Columns
- President’s Message: Crime Victims Deserve Our Respect and Support
- Supervisory Law Basics for New Chiefs and Other Supervisors
- Legislative Alert: House Passes Fiscal Year 2007 C-J-S Funding Bill, Adopts Amendments Increasing JAG Funds
- Kansas Internet Crime Initiative
- The Terrorist Screening Center
- Highway Safety Initiatives: Back to School Safety for Big Kids