Partner with academic institutions in development of training.

• Research-Practice Partnerships
• University Researcher & Law Enforcement Collaboration
• Connecting Police Researchers & Practitioners
• Building Trust with Communities
• Evidence-Based Policing
• Excellence in Law Enforcement Research Award
• Challenges in Police-led Evaluations
• Police – Researcher Partnerships
• Research-Practitioner Partnerships
• Center for Research and Policy
• Research Partnerships
• Evidence-Based Policing Workshop

Engage community members to provide input in police training content and delivery.

• Training as a Tool for Change
• Bedford Host Training with Community

Training should use adult-based learning techniques and scenario-based approaches, where feasible.

Engage advocacy groups in the development of cultural diversity training.

• ADL Anti-Bias Training
• Minneapolis Cultural Awareness Trainings

Provide leadership training.

• IACP Leadership in Police Organizations Program
• Women’s Leadership Institute 

Make crisis intervention training (cit) a part of training.

• CIT Training
• The Effects of CIT Training Program
• CIT Training Program
• Arlington CIT
• Crisis Intervention Team Core Elements

Train to improve social interaction skills.

• Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law
  Enforcement
• Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Training
• Social Media for Community Engagement Training
• The Making of a Community Policing Officer

Train on the disease of addiction.

• Addiction, the Brain, and Evidence-Based Treatment
• Heroin & Opioid Awareness
• Maine Anti-Heroin/Opiate Initiative
• Heroin Epidemic Action Plan

Train on policing in a democratic society.

• Challenge of Policing in Democratic Society
• Maintaining Democratic Policing
• Policing in a More Perfect Union Program 
• Role of Police in Democratic Societ

Train on recognizing and confronting implicit bias and cultural responsiveness.

• Fair and Impartial Policing
• Strengthening the Relationship between Police & Communities of Color 
• Principled Policing Training
• Department Wide Implicit Bias Training
• Reducing Biased Policing Through Training
• Long-term reduction on implicit race bias 
• This Is Not Your Grandparents’ Prejudice
• fairandimpartialpolicing.com/docs/not-your-granparents-prejudice.pdf
• Implicit Bias
• Building Trust with Communities 

Implement ongoing training on cultural diversity, with the assistance of related advocacy groups.

• ADL Anti-Bias Training
• Minneapolis Cultural Awareness Trainings
• Bakersfield Diversity Training

Implement training on appropriate interactions with special populations (LGBTQ, immigrant, Muslim, Arab and south Asian).

• Transgender Awareness Training
• Gender, Sexuality, and 21st Century Policing
• Building Relationships with Transgender Individuals
• Policing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Young People
• Tapestry Project

Provide training on use of tactical first aid kits.

• First Aid Kits

Ongoing training related to officer wellness and safety, including discussion of fatigue, stress, post-traumatic stress, and health.

• Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide
• Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
• SHIFT Wellness Psycho Educational Program for Professionals Exposed to Child Exploitation
• Officer Safety and Wellness Priority One
• Law Enforcement Medical Programs

Provide training to raise awareness of the consequences of failure to wear vests and seat belts.

• Seatbelts Graphic
• Seatbelts Not Worn
• Deadly Calls and Fatal Encounters

Use less lethal weapons as part of the use of force model and provide annual retraining on their use.

• Impact of Less-Lethal Weapons
• Types of Less Lethal Devices
• Conducted Energy Devices

Training on use of force should emphasize de-escalation and alternatives to arrest and include shoot/don't shoot scenarios.

• Tactical De-Escalation Techniques
• De-Escalation Tactics Training
• Less Lethal Weapon Effectiveness
• Seattle De-Escalation Policy
• Use of Force Continuum

This messaging worksheet was designed to break down the topic of encryption and going dark, and provide key talking points and facts to assist law enforcement in communications about the subject. While this messaging sheet addresses the overarching issue, it will be most effective when delivered with personalized real examples that are relevant to your agency and community.

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• Encryption (1999)
• Support for the Enactment of Encryption Legislation (1997)
• Encryption (1996)

• IACP and NDAA Support Burr-Feinstein Draft Legislation on Encryption
• Joint Law Enforcement Letter on Email Privacy Act, H.R. 699
• IACP Supports Legislation to Clarify Law on Internet Threats
• Joint Letter on S. 356 – the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 and Reducing the Effects of Non-Technical Barriers to Lawful Access to Electronic Evidence
• Joint Law Enforcement Fact Sheet on Electronic Communications

• IACP and NDAA Hold Congressional Briefing on Encryption
• Presidential Focus: Going Dark and the Challenges of Gathering Electronic Evidence
• Going Dark: Addressing the Challenges of Data, Privacy, and Public Safety

Data, Privacy, and Public Safety: A Law Enforcement Perspective on the Challenges of Gathering Electronic Evidence

In 2015, the IACP convened a Law Enforcement Summit on “Going Dark” to help identify legal, technical, and operational concerns associated with the issues surrounding the gathering and use of data related to communications and mobile devices.  A broad array of law enforcement leaders, investigators, and subject matter experts participated in the summit.

The summit report, reviews the current capabilities of law enforcement agencies, the impact that technological advances are having on law enforcement investigations, and the role of industry in this debate.  The summit report also makes clear that our laws have failed to keep pace with new technology and that urgent and immediate action needs to be taken. 

The following messaging worksheet breaks down the topic of gun safety, firearms training, and the investigation, and provides key talking points and facts to assist you in your daily communications about the subject. This worksheet is exclusively available to IACP members.

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• Prohibition of Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) on College and University Campuses (2012)
• Support of Law Enforcement Officers to Receive Tactical Firearms Training During the Police Academy (2012)
• Support for Firearms Offender Registries (2007)
• Security of Firearms (1998)
• Opposition to Federal Pre-Emption of Individual States Carrying of Concealed Weapons (CCW) Laws as They Apply to Active, Former, and /or Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Personnel (1996)
• Support for Federal Legislation Banning Junk Guns (1996)

• IACP Supports the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2016, S. 2544
• IACP Opposes Federal Pre-Emption of Individual States Carrying of Concealed Weapons Laws (S. 498/H.R. 402)
• IACP Supports Bulletproof Vest Program Reauthorization Legislation
• Testimony of Chief Yost Zakhary before the Senate Judiciary Hearing on the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program

• Firearms Model Policy  (Updated 2007)

Crime Gun Information Sharing: The ATF i-Trafficking Project Integration of Firearms Trace/Ballistic Data into Fusion Center Intelligence Sharing (2014)
The IACP, in partnership with DOJ U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) led and an assessment of the Interstate Trafficking Program (iTrafficking), to promote a regional approach to firearms trafficking investigations. By analyzing key fusion centers in the northeast region of the United States (New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland) to analyze crime gun data, the goal of this project was to develop an innovative, multi-state approach to reducing violent crime through shared resources and increased collaboration. The information contained in this report are useful in guiding fusion center personnel, as well as state, local, and tribal law enforcement, in the utility and examination of firearms trace data for intelligence products, criminal investigations, and prosecutions.

International Association of Chiefs of Police Firearms Position Paper (2018)
The IACP has long advocated for the adoption of common sense policies that will assist in reducing gun violence. These proposals were drawn from the association resolutions and policy positions adopted by the IACP membership.

Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities: A Leadership Guide for Law Enforcement on Effective Strategies and Programs (2011)

This guide provides information about notable programs and policing strategies that can be implemented by law enforcement agencies, regardless of size, in order to enhance the critical and life-saving mission of reducing gun violence. By highlighting innovative approaches developed by law enforcement departments and communities across the country, local leaders are encouraged to expand upon their current efforts in order to create a comprehensive program to enhance community and officer safety.

Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities (2007)

This report focuses on recommendations on three main areas: keeping communities safe by improving public understanding about the risks of gun violence; preventing and solving gun crime by stopping the flow of illegal guns, and keeping police officers safe by improving training and support for officers in handling guns.

Police Officer’s Guide to Recovered Firearms Mobile Application 
The IACP, in collaboration with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the IACP Firearms Committee, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) developed a mobile application (app) designed to assist law enforcement officers with processing recovered firearms. The app has been downloaded over 25,000 times and features information on firearms safety, firearms marking identification tools, firearms tracing tools, and other valuable information.

The following messaging worksheet breaks down the topic of mental health response and provides key talking points and facts to assist you in your daily communications about the subject. This worksheet is exclusively available to IACP members. 

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These documents provide guidance to law enforcement officers when responding to or encountering persons experiencing a mental health crisis, and are exclusively available to IACP members. 

• Responding to Persons Affected by Mental Illness or in Crisis: Model Policy (2018)
• Responding to Persons Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis: Concepts and Issues Paper (2018)
• Responding to Persons Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis: Need to Know (2018)

• Excited Delirium Syndrome (2015)
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment (2014)
• Raising Awareness That Opioid Abuse May Lead To Heroin Addiction (2014)
• Support for Mental Health Courts (2013)
• Support for Unified Prescription Monitoring Program (2004)

• Support for the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act

• Sharing the Positive—Using Stats to Dispel Myths and Clarify Facts
• Police Approaches That Improve the Response to People with Mental Illnesses: A Focus on Victims
• Embracing CIT and the One Mind Campaign to Make a Difference

For more Police Chief articles on the subject of mental illness, please explore the magazine's archives.

One Mind Campaign

Launched in 2016, the One Mind Campaign seeks to ensure successful interactions between police officers and persons affected by mental illness. Participating law enforcement agencies have pledged their commitment to implement four promising practices, including partnering with a community mental health organization, implementing a policy to address police response to persons affected by mental illness, and provision of CIT and MHFA training. 

The  One Mind Campaign was borne out of an advisory group convened by the IACP to discuss the problem and create a set of recommendation to help agencies effectively manage their officers' response to persons affected by mental illness. Two documents summarize the work and recommendations of that advisory group:

• Symposium Report
• Summary Guide

Building Safer Communities: Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness 
In May 2009, the IACP, in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice, JEHT Foundation, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services held a National Policy Summit on Building Safer Communities: Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness. As a result of the summit, a report was produced that makes recommendations for local, state, federal, and tribal organizations to enhance the safety of community members and law enforcement officers when responding to crisis calls involving a person with mental illness.

The following messaging worksheet breaks down the topic of mental health response, and provides key talking points and facts to assist you in your daily communications about the subject. This worksheet is exclusively available to IACP members.

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• Pretrial Release and Detention Process (2014)
• Establishment of a National Commission of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice
• Drugs and Crime (1998)

• IACP Supports the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 2123
• IACP Supports the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015

• IACP Announces Support for Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act
• National Criminal Justice Commission Act
• The Time for a National Commission Has Come

Partnerships in Pretrial Justice: A Law Enforcement Leader's Guide to Understanding and Engaging in Meaningful Front-End Justice System Change
As more states and local communities discuss and implement pretrial justice system changes, it is critical for law enforcement to have a voice in these conversations to ensure that policies and procedures are fair, efficient, and keep officers and communities safe. The new publication includes talking points for law enforcement, resource links, and information about evidence-based pretrial strategies, including risk assessment, citation in lieu of arrest, diversion, and enhanced pretrial release monitoring. 

Pretrial Justice and Law Enforcement: What Chiefs Need to Know and What Officers Need to Know

These online courses give an overview of the complexities of the pretrial justice system and explore risk-based solutions and pretrial partnerships that maximize public safety and support strong community-police relationships.

Citation in Lieu of Arrest (2016)
The IACP, with support from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, undertook a three-pronged assessment (literature review, nationwide survey, and focus groups) to study how police departments approach the use of citation in lieu of arrest, with a goal to provide the law enforcement community and other criminal justice stakeholders with a reference point for information about citation practices across America.

Citation in Lieu of Arrest Trifold (2016)
The IACP, with support from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, undertook a three-pronged assessment (literature review, nationwide survey, and focus groups) to study how police departments approach the use of citation in lieu of arrest. In addition to a full report, a trifold guide was developed that highlights the key findings.

Supporting Victims through Pretrial Justice Reform (2015)
The IACP Victim Services Committee identified pretrial release/detention as a decision point in the criminal justice system that could be improved to better meet the needs of victims. The intent of this briefing paper is to raise awareness and prompt informed discussion among law enforcement and other criminal justice leaders about how the pretrial justice system could be improved to be more responsive to victims.

Law Enforcement’s Leadership Role in Pretrial Justice Reform (2011)
In partnership with BJA and the Pretrial Justice Institute, IACP hosted a focus group discussion about law enforcement’s role in pretrial justice system change. The report includes an overview of the historic and current bail system and recommendations on how law enforcement can work with their justice system partners to support risk-based pretrial alternatives that enhance public and officer safety.

Safety and Justice Challenge
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has selected the IACP to serve as a strategic ally to support their Safety and Justice Challenge, an initiative aimed at reducing incarcerated populations. The IACP will support participating Challenge jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies throughout the country in identifying and developing promising law enforcement strategies for safely reducing arrests and incarceration.