The IACP, the FBI and the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, developed a training series to educate frontline officers on how to recognize and respond to victims of...

legalization and traffic safety 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.......

Learn about effective recruitment approaches that combine short-term hiring with a community-based pipeline strategy....

build trust and confidence within the communities they serve. IACP offers resources and guidance to help agencies accurately report crime trends within their communities and increase transparency through reporting...

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summits on critical issues facing law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Each has brought together police and community leaders, justice system decision-makers, scholars, and others with...

The reactive portion is in response to the public’s perception based on the dialogue and images appearing on social media platforms. Often, this opinion is coupled with misinformation or facts taken out of context. Historically, responding to the public’s misinformation or perception usually drives the message from the law enforcement agencies, which may lead to a lack of proactive messaging.

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The use of chatbots in public safety dispatch centers offers the possibilities of increased efficiency, as well as significant personnel cost savings.

A law enforcement agency that adopts a prevention-focused policing model of community policing will be more successful in building public trust. This requires making prevention the focus of all police...