It makes me absolutely insane when people come to me for advice or my opinion and when I provide it, they spend the rest of the conversation trying to convince me I’m wrong. I often find myself uttering in frustration, “Why did you ask for my opinion if you don’t like my answer?” Maybe they […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Kristen Ziman Chief of Police Aurora Police Department, Illinois

Relegated to my office, I was advised there was an individual who had just jumped off the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge. If you live or travel through Bangor or Brewer, Maine, you know the bridge is high, the Penobscot River is tidal, cold, and is currently sporting ice chunks the size of small boats. The response […]

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

On March 3rd we charged a young man from Rochester for 2nd degree and 3rd degree murder for selling Heroin laced with Fentanyl to another young man in Dodge Center – who died from an overdose. The message we want to send is clear – if you sell drugs in our county, we’ll come after […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Scott Rose Sheriff Dodge County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota

IACP Net Highlights is an electronic newsletter sent every other month to individuals who are not yet members of IACP Net highlighting some recent additions to our service. The March 2017 Highlights includes information on these and other topics: Turning Around Problem Performance in Five Questions or Less National Consensus Policy on Use of Force […]

Our community of South Fayette Township is a wonderful place to live, work and enjoy family and friends, but that doesn’t make us immune to difficult issues that are facing most communities across the country. One of these issues is the rise in opioid use, including heroin and prescription painkillers. Opioids are most often used […]

FEATURED BLOGGER John R. Phoennik Chief of Police South Fayette Township Police Department, Pennsylvania

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 March 2017 edition included information on these and other topics: Less-Than-Lethal Weapons CALEA Conference in Mobile, AL Win a Trip to the 2017 IACP Conference! Law Enforcement […]

I have said publicly many times over the last several months how important it is that the members of KCPD are OK. And I mean OK physically, mentally, emotionally and many other ways. Because if they’re not OK in some way, it can affect their own safety and the service they provide. We want capable […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Darryl Forté Chief of Police Kansas City Police Department, Missouri

My grandbabies, Florence and Miguel V, are brown. Their father, Miguel IV, immigrated to this great nation from Guadalajara, Mexico. I could not be more proud of Miguel, Steffenie and the babies. At two Florence can speak English and Spanish. Well actually Florence speaks Spanglish. Her first word was “besos,” Spanish for kiss. This was […]

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

IACP Net will be exhibiting at the 2017 Spring CALEA Conference in Mobile, Alabama at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. We will be exhibiting March 22 – 23, at booth #16. Stop by the booth, pick up a 2017 desktop calendar, enter yourself in the drawing, and say hi! We’ll be happy to […]

Thoughts from Chief Sjolander… More than a number… While I try to keep my thoughts on our page upbeat, today’s thoughts will show my frustration with public safety and the medical field in regards to mental health. As I’m sure most of you know, those of us working in every aspect of public safety and […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Lee Sjolander Chief of Police Kenyon Police Department, Minnesota