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IACP's resources are aimed at helping law enforcement executives do their jobs better and cover a variety of topics, including professional development, leadership, management, and supervision, as well as hot topics such as ethics.
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Building Trust Between the Police and the Citizens They Serve: An Internal Affairs Promising Practices Guide for Local Law Enforcement
This guide examines all aspects of police internal affairs operations and recommends strategies to improve and sustain community trust building, regardless of agency size
Law Enforcement Recruitment Toolkit
The toolkit comprises four reports, each focusing on a different area of recruitment. The lead piece, Police Recruitment: Foundation Concepts, describes police departments’ changing recruitment...
Best Practices Guide: Recruitment, Retention, and Turnover
The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of the issues that impact an agency’s ability to recruit sufficient numbers of qualified persons...
Psychological Fitness–for-Duty Evaluation Guidelines
The IACP Police Psychological Services Section developed these guidelines to educate and inform the public safety agencies that request fitness-for-duty evaluations (FFDEs) and the practice of...
Pre-Employment Psychological Evaluation Guidelines
The IACP Police Psychological Services Section developed these guidelines for use by public safety agencies, agency executives, and psychologists as well as other professionals who...
Developing a Cybervetting Strategy for Law Enforcement
This guide serves to help chief executives navigate the complicated world of vetting and personnel management in the social media age. A number of IACP...
Minority Recruitment: Mobilizing the Community for Minority Recruitment and Selection
This document introduces the Police Recruitment and Placement—Community Collaboration Model and discusses its application in Hartford, Connecticut. This model seeks to position a police agency...
Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Toolkit
The arrest of a parent can have a significant traumatic impact on children, including shock, immense fear, anxiety, or anger towards the arresting officers. The...
Sample Community Surveys
Community surveys can be used to collect information about the public’s perception of your law enforcement agency and promote ways that the agency listens and responds to...
Steps to Building Trust
This list serves as a resource for law enforcement and community stakeholders. Each section provides tips to promote communication, partnership, and transparency between law enforcement...
The Role of School Resource Officers in Schools Webinar
A panel of subject matter experts discussed the interrelated responsibilities between law enforcement agencies and school administrators to ensure appropriate placement of school resource officers...
