If you are a person who believes that body cameras for police are the answer to improved police conduct, consider this: what are we going to do with all of this video? We have to store it and we have to release it under the Freedom of Information laws, subject to exceptions in that law […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Doreen Olko Director of Public Safety Auburn Hills Department of Public Safety, Michigan

Officer Conan Schafer has recently taken over responsibility for overseeing liquor license investigation and enforcement at the Lincoln Police Department, and liaison with licensees and the City Council on such matters. He has been working on the police department’s liquor license database, bringing everything up to date. I asked him to straighten up the addresses […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Tom Casady Director of Public Safety Lincoln Department of Public Safety, Nebraska

Following the police shooting of Michael Brown in Missouri, media and public attention focused on conflicting witness statements about what happened during that tragic encounter. The lack of clarity has spurred many to press for an increase in the use of body-worn video cameras by police, and our profession is responding quickly and appropriately. The […]

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

Not In Our Town’s new film Waking in Oak Creek (34 minutes) documents the powerful law enforcement and community response to the hate crime killings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 5, 2012. After six Sikh worshippers were killed and Oak Creek Police Lieutenant Brian Murphy was shot 15 times by a white […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Not In Our Town Stop Hate. Together. Oakland, CA

What does policing need to strengthen trust and build relationships in the communities we serve? 1. We Need the Right People We need to better recruit and hire people with maturity, excellent communication skills, compassion, diverse life experience and background as well as a college education. Additionally, we need people who desire to make our […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Gordon Ramsay Chief of Police Duluth Police Department, Minnesota

Statement of IACP President Richard Beary on Ferguson Grand Jury Decision “At this crucial time, it is imperative that law enforcement and community leaders, both in Missouri and throughout the United States, make every effort to reduce tensions and ensure a peaceful and lawful response to today’s decision. Only by working together to create a […]

FEATURED BLOGGER International Association of Chiefs of Police IACP Alexandria, Virginia

It is well documented that heroin use in the Madison area has skyrocketed over the past few years. Madison Police officers respond to heroin and other opiate related overdoses and deaths on a frequent basis. First responders are aware that heroin depresses the central nervous system. This can cause the heart rate to slow, and […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Michael Koval Chief of Police Madison Police Department, Wisconsin

I recently had the opportunity to attend a law enforcement conference and listen to Sandra Hutchens of Orange County, California, share with the nearly 700 attendees, her experience after being appointed Sheriff in 2008 by the Orange County Board of Supervisors by a 3-2 vote. The appointment came after her predecessor was indicted on federal […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Kristen Ziman Commander Aurora Police Department, Illinois

There is a growing movement afoot in the United States to put cameras on police officers. It is gathering momentum, perhaps as a result of the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri this past summer. The movement involves some strange bedfellows: both police supporters, and some groups that are, well, […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Tom Casady Director of Public Safety Lincoln Department of Public Safety, Nebraska

We got an anonymous letter the other day tipping us off that a local store was possibly selling synthetic drugs like K2 or Spice and tobacco products to underaged people (you have to be 18). Because the letter is anonymous, we don’t have any way of letting the writer know what we’ve been doing so […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Doreen Olko Director of Public Safety Auburn Hills Department of Public Safety, Michigan