February 2022
Developing Police Professionals
GUEST EDITORS Trey Ernandez and Danielle Manigault
The future of professional law enforcement relies on the ability of organizations to recruit, retain, and develop personnel with critical thinking skills and the character to apply those skills in the service of others. The responsibility for making that happen depends in part on the openness of police executives to utilize diverse leadership practices. This issue of Police Chief focuses on those areas that police executives can control, with strategies for creating positive motivation; developing exemplary followers and future leaders; and building strong, resilient organizations that foster public trust.
Articles
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Professional Policing for the Future
The future of professional law enforcement relies on the ability of organizations to recruit, retain, and develop personnel with critical thinking skills and the character to apply those skills in the... -
Recruitment, Retention, and Attrition
Drive down any business district and just about every business has a help wanted sign in the window. Many offer bonuses. However, these businesses do not face the unique challenges that law enforcemen... -
Market Disruptions and Policing
Renowned business consultant and educator Peter Drucker said, “Not to innovate is the single largest reason for the decline of existing organizations.” Drucker was, of course, speaking with busin... -
Training for First-Line Leadership
Leadership training and development are important for the success of all law enforcement organizations and their respective members. That stated, leadership development is especially crucial for firs... -
Resilience, Your New Superpower
Every law enforcement officer will face stress, adversity, and trauma. One study found law enforcement officers will experience 188 critical incidents over their careers. Sometimes it comes in the fo...
Columns
- President's Message: Join the IACP's Trust Building Campaign
- Perspectives: Developing Important Competencies
- The Advisor: Identify and Support Opportunities for New Skills
- Chief's Counsel: Legal Landmines in Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
- Focus on Officer Wellness: Can Your Officers Hear Okay?
- Traffic Safety Initiatives: Artificial Intelligence Helps Detect and Enforce Safety Violations
- Research in Brief: "911, Do You Need Police, Fire, EMS, or Mental Health Services?"
- Spotlight: Mapping a Road to Reform
- Tech Talk: Human-Machine Teaming
- Product Feature: Digital Forensics Help Investigators Manage a Flood of Data
- Exposition: February 2022
- IACP@Work: Trauma Informed Sexual Assault Investigation Training Curriculum
- The Brief: Technology and Policing
- Ad Index: February 2022