Last fall, the KCPD engaged in a 12-week pilot project to determine the cost and infrastructure required to implement body-worn cameras on all patrol officers. We presented the results of that project to the Board of Police Commissioners this week. I also wanted to share those results with our community. The pilot project was a […]

FEATURED BLOGGER David Zimmerman Interim Chief of Police Kansas City Police Department, Missouri

IACP Net Alert is a monthly electronic newsletter sent to IACP Net members highlighting resources for police chiefs and recent additions to the exclusive law enforcement network. The July 2017 edition included information on these and other topics: Excited Delirium Search for Policies by Sworn Size, State New Survey: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Qualify Now for […]

The annual Point in Time (PIT) count is out. In Eureka, there was a 60% drop in those reporting unsheltered homelessness to the surveyors. (206 in 2017 vs. 513 in 2015) The methods used to conduct the survey are virtually the same every year: the results are as accurate as possible. Let’s remember the state […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Andrew Mills Chief of Police Eureka Police Department, California

It’s Pride Week in Saskatoon and all types of people are coming out to celebrate. That includes the Saskatoon Police Service. It may seem normal to see a police presence at pride parades and events, but our city’s LGBTQI2SA+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, 2-spirited, asexual, plus) says the SPS is there not […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Saskatoon Police Service Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

I have the pleasure of supervising the Special Enforcement Team at the Bangor Police Department. Officer Evan Haskell is one of the two fine officers that comprise that team. In other words-he works for me and does a great job. I received this note about 10 minutes ago and I really think it deserves to […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Bangor Police Department Authored by Sergeant Tim Cotton Bangor, Maine

IACP Net Alert is a monthly electronic newsletter sent to IACP Net members highlighting resources for police chiefs and recent additions to the exclusive law enforcement network. The June 2017 edition included information on these and other topics: Naloxone 2017 NSA Conference Qualify Now for the IACP 2017 Prize Package! Featured Blogs on IACP Net […]

Today is today. Today we do not live as we did yesterday, last week, last year, five years ago or twenty years ago. Our lives and the way we live change by the minute. No longer can we just sit and wait for something to happen good, or bad. Everyone, you included, has a responsibility […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Robert Vincent Chief of Police Gulfport Police Department, Florida

Last Saturday I was afforded the opportunity to attend the second discussion of an ongoing dialogue fostered by Do Good Roseville entitled, “Ask a Black Man, Part 2-the Black and White Conversation.” This discussion included three black men along with three white men who talked about their experiences in life. A great amount of the […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Rick Mathwig Chief of Police Roseville Police Department, Minnesota

Submitted by James G. DeMann, Eden Prairie Police Chief This week my family and I visited Washington, DC for National Police Week, a time that is set aside to remember law enforcement officers across the nation who were killed in the line of duty. Attending a memorial service and visiting the National Law Enforcement Memorial […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Eden Prairie Police Department Eden Prairie, Minnesota

  I constantly use IACP Net to search for polices from other agencies as I write new policies. Michael Baldwin, Chief of Police Hudson Oaks, Texas, Police Department “As a new chief in an agency that had previously adopted a “best practices” policy manual, I constantly use IACP Net to search for polices from other […]