December 2024: Contemporary Issues in Policing

Today’s constantly shifting criminal, technological, and cultural landscape requires police leaders to ensure their agencies stay on the cutting edge when it comes to prevention, investigation, threat assessment, victim services, and more. Their approaches to training, change management, and police culture shape their agencies’ and officers’ ability to succeed in this challenging environment.

GUEST EDITOR: Hilary Burgess

Articles

• Emerging Terror and Terrain

  By Karie Gibson, PsyD, Special Agent, Unit Chief, Behavioral Analysis Unit-1 (BAU-1), Behavioral Threat Assessment Center (BTAC); John Wyman, Special Agent (Ret.); Mond Mugiya, Behavioral Profiler, BAU, BTAC; and Michael Machtinger, Chief of Terrorism Analysis, FBI
  The terrorism threat landscape continues to evolve since al Qaeda’s attacks on September 11, 2001. Since 9/11, violent extremists rep...

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• Constant Evolution

  By Dave Norris, Chief, Menlo Park Police Department, California
  A strong and positive organizational culture is essential for effective police service. The IACP Police Professional Standards, Ethics, and Image Committee (PPSEI...

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• Empowering Victims, Enhancing Justice

  By Melissa Kaiser, Consultant, MelKai Consulting, LLC, and David Weiss, Chief, Human Trafficking Unit, District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, New York
  Human trafficking remains a pervasive and complex global issue, with millions of individuals exploited each year for labor, sex, and ot...

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• Improving Officer Knowledge Retention

  By Dianne Beer-Maxwell, Project Manager, International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST); Jon Blum, Founder/CEO, FORCE Concepts; Timothy Bonadies, Consultant, IADLEST; Peggy Schaefer, Consultant, IADLEST; and Jessica Herbert, Founder/CEO, IDEA Analytics
  While studies on the impact of police training are few and inconclusive, the existing research and literature generally acknowledges th...

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• IACP 2024 Recap

  On October 19–22, 2024, more than 18,000 law enforcement professionals, vendors, and family members attended IACP 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. Those at the event attended workshops on best practic...

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