October 2005

Mary Ann Viverette, chief of police in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was sworn in as IACP president during the 112th Annual IACP Conference in Miami Beach last month. Photograph by Bochicchio Photography ©

Articles

• 21st Century Issues Related to Police Training and Standards

  By Patrick L. Bradley, Executive Director, Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions, Sykesville, Maryland, and First Vice President of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training
  Law enforcement in Western culture is already several centuries old. Even the most causal reflection will identify the magnitude of change over the years. Police museums are populated with mannequins ...

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• The Influence of Higher Education on Police Officer Work Habits

  By Matthew D. Bostrom, D.P.A., Chief of Staff, Saint Paul Police Department, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  Are street smarts better than book smarts? The question comes up often in policing and elsewhere. Television's Apprentice, featuring billionaire Donald Trump, recently pitted a street-smart team of su...

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• Building Training Capacity for Homeland Security: Lessons Learned from Community Policing

  By Ellen Scrivner, PhD, Deputy Superintendent, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois, and formerly Deputy Director, Community Policing Development, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
  A heightened state of awareness of terrorist threats has been woven into the everyday experience of many Americans. Nowhere is this more keenly felt than in law enforcement. As law enforcement acknowl...

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• Distance Learning: Is It the Answer to Your Department's Training Needs?

  By Susan Reiswerg, President, eTraining Services Inc., Zionsville, Indiana
  Training is vital to the success of individual police officers and their departments. The better trained the officers, the more successful the department. Every department has certain training mandate...

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• Law Enforcement-Driven Action Research

  By Thurston L. Cosner, Ph.D., Police and Public Safety Psychologist, and Greg M. Loftus, Chief of Rangers, Cleveland Metroparks, Fairview Park, Ohio
  In a study comparing highly rated police officers to lower-level performers, high performers were found to be more gregarious, display a more positive outlook on life, exhibit greater interpersonal wa...

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• Managing Municipal Police Training Programs with Limited Resources

  By Elsie Scott, PhD, Co-chair, IACP Education and Training Committee; Former Training Director, New York City and Detroit Police Departments; and Executive Director of the District of Columbia Police Training and Standards Board, Washington, D.C.
  The training function is a critical and significant function of any agency that is concerned about quality, productivity, liability, and morale. A number of benefits can result from a quality police t...

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