November 2010
Mark A. Marshall, chief of police, Smithfield Police Department, Smithfield, Virginia, was sworn in as IACP president during the 117th Annual IACP Conference in Orlando, Florida, October 27, 2010.
Articles
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Beyond Survival toward Officer Wellness (BeSTOW): Targeting Law Enforcement Training
Police chiefs have a constitutional and moral duty to protect and serve their personnel and communities. Busy police chiefs want the very best expertise in training in order to accomplish this mission... -
Educational Programs for Fusion Center Directors
To mature and strengthen the management capabilities of fusion center leaders through academic homeland security coursework, the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHD... -
Nine-Week Army Program Provides Civilian Police Force Training
The United States Army Civilian Police Academy, currently located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, conducts state-of-the-art police skills training for U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DOD) civilia... -
Survey: The Status of Field Training
The survey assesses field training programs in use by police agencies. Two popular programs are common practice in most departments: the San Jose Model (also known as “the traditional model”) and ... -
The Field Training Experience: Perspectives of Field Training Officers and Trainees
Field training is universally described as the most important stage in the process of becoming an independent police officer. During this period, field training officers (FTOs) present recruits with t... -
The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute: A Bellwether for Leadership Training in Florida
Leadership training is one of the consistently identified needs in law enforcement training. Trends emerge and issues develop; however, without trained leaders, a criminal justice agency not only can ... -
Tips for Training with a Firearms Simulator
Today there are a variety of companies producing simulators and competing for law enforcement and military business. These simulators, regardless of the manufacturer, provide the opportunity for law e... -
Training and Tools to Serve the Line Officer
The Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism’s (MIPT) Information Collection on Patrol (InCOP) improves the information collection skills of the most important collector in a police depart... -
Training for Face-to-Face Encounters
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Transforming a Police Agency by Connecting Training, Performance, and Assessment to Promotion
Columns
- President’s Message: The Year Ahead—November 2010
- Chief’s Counsel: Legal Training and Concerns for Conducted Energy Weapons
- IACP Foundation: Law Enforcement Leaders Learn, with a Corporate Twist
- Legislative Alert: Congress Passes Continuing Resolution to Sustain Federal Government
- Advances & Applications: November 2010
- Line of Duty Deaths: 6/22/2010-9/21/ 2010
- Product Update: November 2010
- Technology Talk: Intelligent Policing: How the Colorado State Patrol Fights Crime and Boosts Public Safety
- Highway Safety Initiatives: Crash Deaths Reach Fifty-Year Low: Where Do We Go From Here?
- IACP News: November 2010
- Index to Advertisers: November 2010