July 2019
Guest Editors: Jennifer Styles and Elynn Lee
Serving Diverse & Vulnerable Populations
Communities in the 21st century are not homogeneous; they contain people from varying backgrounds, encompassing different ethnicities, races, ages, genders, religions, and identities. Diverse communities require diverse solutions—understanding the specialized needs of these varied groups help law enforcement agencies provide a high quality of service to all community members.
Articles
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Police Search Response to Lost Vulnerable Adults
In February 2018, an 80-year-old man with dementia disappeared with his grocery cart from a shopping center in Southern California. The Irvine Police Department (IPD) launched a large-scale search tha... -
Responding to Incidents Involving Vulnerable Persons with Diverse Special Needs
You are dispatched to a robbery. Upon arrival, you observe three men fleeing the scene. You and your partner pursue and are able to apprehend two of the three men. One of the individuals is demonstrat... -
Drug Abuse Response Team Achieves Community-Wide Change
In the fight against the devastating opioid epidemic gripping Ohio, there are not a lot of success stories. The number of overdoses continues to spiral upward each year, and communities are crushed un... -
Homelessness in Suburban Communities: Redmond’s Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Recidivism Among Homeless Populations
As communities across the United States struggle to implement a comprehensive approach to combating homelessness, many factors are cited as contributing to the problem, including low wages, lack of af... -
Special Feature: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
The global crimes of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, rape, stalking, and strangulation are being perpetrat... -
2019 IACP Technology Conference
The annual IACP Technology Conference is a unique and exciting opportunity to bring law enforcement leaders and industry professionals together in a collaborative environment. Attendees learn from one...
Columns
- President's Message: Protecting Our Most Vulnerable Communities
- Perspectives: Shift in LE’s Response to Vulnerable Populations
- Chief’s Counsel: Liability for Failure to Investigate Sexual Harassment Complaints
- The Advisor: External Transparency During Crises
- Focus on Officer Wellness: Cops, Pink Mohawks, and Mindfulness
- Traffic Safety Initiatives: Distracted Driving Victim Impact Panels—Changing Driver Behaviors in New York State
- Spotlight: The Police Autism Patch Challenge
- Informer—July 2019
- Tech Talk: Body-Worn Cameras Show Policing Policy Can't Afford to Hide from Evidence
- Product Feature: Advanced Safety Gear for Advanced Threats
- Exposition: July 2019
- The Brief: Tribal Policing: Shifting the Focus from Information System Access to Officer Wellness
- IACP@Work: Turning the Focus Toward Labor Trafficking—IACP's Investigations and Prosecutions Training
- IACP Net Bulletin: Vulnerable Populations
- Ad Index: July 2019