February 2021
Leadership During Crisis
GUEST EDITORS Nicole LeFort and Trey Ernandez
Crises such as a pandemic, wildfires, protests, and mass attacks place heavy and unusual demands on police executives. Learning from others’ experiences and developing the necessary decision-making skills and tools can help police successfully lead in the face of a crisis.
Articles
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Three Strategies for Crisis Leadership
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that crisis IS the new normal. This is an era of overlapping, nonstop, and ever-evolving crises, and there seems to be no end in sight. While police leaders are no st... -
Leadership in the Face of Fire
Leading through crisis had a much different meaning in 2020 than it did in past years. Historically, incidents or disasters under the police’s purview come and go within a short time period. Howeve... -
Tackling the Moral Risks of Policing
Police officers are vulnerable to a variety of moral risks. The moral risks stem both from officers’ routine duties and their ongoing exposure to critical and traumatic incidents. The moral risks ta... -
Shaping Police Leaders for the 21st Century
The historic events of 2020 tested the resilience, endurance, and knowledge of individuals, communities, and police professionals in the United States. The burdens of quarantines, unrest and social ju... -
2021 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness Symposium Preview
The 2021 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Symposium will be held March 17–19. This online event and expo will offer more than 50 educational workshops, on evidence-based practices, case studie...
Columns
- President’s Message: Standing Together in Leadership and Service
- From the Acting Director: Connecting U.S. Law Enforcement to the World
- Perspectives: Leadership Challenges of First-Line Supervisors
- The Advisor: Leaders Continue to Learn and Grow
- Chief’s Counsel: Bargaining the Impacts of Reenvisioning Policing
- Focus on Officer Wellness: Maximizing Peer-to-Peer Learning to Enhance Officer Wellness Programming
- Traffic Safety Initiatives: Safer Roadways through CDL and CMV Enforcement
- Research in Brief: Reducing Officer and Citizen Injuries
- Spotlight: Taking to the Track Together
- Tech Talk: Drones as Force Multipliers
- Product Feature: Enhancing the First Line of Support
- Exposition: February 2021
- IACP@Work: Creating Opportunities for Officer Family Engagement
- IACPnet Bulletin: Leadership During Crisis
- The Brief: Updated COVID-19 Information & Guidance
- Ad Index: February 2021