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
Civil Litigation
Communicable Disease Prevention
It is the responsibility of law enforcement agencies to ensure that their employees are able to perform their duties in a safe and effective manner. The safe...
Research Partnerships*
The ability of a law enforcement agency to respond to emerging issues and long-range goals is dependent upon the ability to implement new policies, programs, strategies...
#449 - Civil Liability Part I: Basic Principles of Civil Liability
In the past three decades, civil liability has become a major consideration for American law enforcement agencies. Multimillion-dollar lawsuits against police agencies and police officers...
#450 - Civil Liability Part II: Basic Principles of Civil Liability
The best defense against civil liability is to avoid, or at least minimize, the filing of lawsuits against the officer and the department. Although in...
#452 - Time Management
Officers who routinely find themselves during the course of their shift reacting only to the demands of others may be mismanaging and wasting precious time...
#475 - Police Ethics: Problems and Solutions - Part I
This is Part One of a two-part Training Key®. In this first part, we examine the nature and importance of police ethics and discuss some...
Interrogations and Confessions
Custodial interrogations of suspects and the statements and confessions that are elicited are vitally important in the preparation of criminal cases. However, to be admissible...
Reporting Use of Force
The authority to use force carries with it the need for accountability in order to safeguard the rights of the public and preserve the integrity...
Interviewing and Interrogating Juveniles
The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the emotional and developmental differences between adults and juveniles and the implications that this has on the conduct of...
Recording Police Activity*
Members of the public, including media representatives, have an unambiguous First Amendment right to record officers in public places, as long as their actions do...
#476 - Police Ethics: Problems and Solutions - Part II
This is Part Two of a two-part Training Key®. In Part One, we examined the nature and importance of police ethics and discussed some of...