Resources
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.
Resources
#410 - Interrogations and Confessions after Minnick
Since 1966, law enforcement officers have adhered to the guidelines and restrictions of the landmark Miranda decision. However, several Supreme Court decisions handed down since...
Personal Relationships in the Workplace
Among the more challenging personnel problems faced by law enforcement administrators is the difficulty created by certain personal relationships existing or developing among employees of...
Confidential Fund
Law enforcement agency should maintain stringent control over all confidential funds used by the agency and ensure that the funds are only used for authorized purposes.
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Performance Recognition Awards
The recognition of personal excellence is an important aspect of a law enforcement agency’s activities. Presenting departmental awards for meritorious service provides that recognition, thereby...
#481 - Problem-Oriented Policing Part I: Introductory Concepts
Traditionally, law enforcement agencies have attempted to control crime largely by dealing with individual acts of crime. Advocates of problem-oriented policing urge a broader view...
#428 - Consent Searches
The law of consent searches is complex and changes frequently. Recent developments in this area have in some instances been favorable to law enforcement interests...
#437 - Building Searches
Patrol officers are commonly confronted with the need to search buildings of all types in order to apprehend suspects. While searches always carry inherent dangers...
Pepper Aerosol Restraint Spray
Law enforcement agencies issue oleoresin capsicum (OC) aerosol restraint spray to provide officers with additional use-of-force options for gaining compliance of resistant or aggressive individuals...
#439 - Inventory Searches
Inventory searches are an essential tool for any police department. Unfortunately, many police personnel misunderstand the nature, purpose and procedural requirements for such searches that...
#482 - Problem-Oriented Policing Part II: The Process
Problem-oriented policing involves a systematic process of identifying, analyzing, and responding to crime and disorder that breed serious crime. The prior Training Key® examined the...
#483 - Using Civil Remedies to Combat Crime
Law enforcement agencies are employing new approaches to dealing with crime that augment and supplement traditional means of arrest and criminal prosecution. Using civil remedies...
Patrol Rifle
This is stand alone document, unaccompanied by a model policy, explores the primary issues surrounding the issuance of rifles to line patrol officers. Following extensive research, the...
