March 2012
Guest Editor: Charles J. Kocher, Deputy Chief (Retired), Camden, New Jersey
With many different policing philosophies and a countless number of official studies, it is sometimes difficult to determine what works best. In this issue of Police Chief magazine, readers will access best practices to challenges that confound agencies large and small: sustaining police operations despite cutbacks, harnessing the talents of volunteers, and employing new technology to amplify the reach of a busy department.
Articles
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Organizational Management and Service Sustainability through Volunteers: The Force Multipliers
The mayor of crime-ridden Camden, New Jersey, has announced layoffs of nearly half of the city’s police force and close to a third of its fire department.” “The jobs of five police officers a... -
Is Your Agency an Integrated Strategic Management System?
Many law enforcement agencies from throughout the United States have long realized some degree of divergence and inefficiency between an agency’s many administrative and operational functions. The r... -
Arresting Results: How One District Achieved a 70 Percent Closure Rate with Video Alarms
In addition to ensuring the safety of about 70,000 schoolchildren and thousands of staff members, the Detroit Public School Police Department (DPS PD) is responsible for protecting more than 230 facil... -
Civil Disturbance Readiness: How Ready Is Your Agency?
How ready are we? This is the question that political and law enforcement leaders should be asking themselves, assuming they have seen the television coverage of the turbulence in the Mideast and the ...
Columns
- President's Message: An Assault on the COPS Office
- Legislative Alert: Fiscal Year 2013 Proposed Budget Released
- IACP Foundation and Northwestern University Invest in Future Law Enforcement Leaders
- From the Director: Effective Intelligence Must Remain a Top Priority
- Chief's Counsel: Police and Court Opinions: So Much Law, So Little Time
- Traffic Safety Initiatives: the New In-Car Technology: Safer or More Dangerous on the Road?
- Technology Talk: Information Technology and Radio Convergence: What Law Enforcement Leaders Can Do to Develop Their Members