Crime & Violence
Public safety depends on law enforcement effectively addressing the crime & violence that occurs in homes, neighborhoods, and communities everyday. The IACP has a long history of promoting best practices and innovations in investigation of crimes.
Preventing Line of Duty Deaths: A Chief's Duty
This agency self-assessment tool is designed to help law enforcement leaders evaluate their agency’s efforts to address the safety needs of officers. Use this tool…
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Toolkit
This Toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with…
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Arrests and Investigatory Stops*
Law enforcement officers must understand their powers, duties, and responsibilities when interacting with members of the public. The range and goals of possible interactions can...
Domestic Violence
An effective law enforcement response to domestic violence must include the adoption of a comprehensive policy that is a priority for the agency, is consistently...
Firearm Recovery and Processing
With violence involving firearms dominating the news headlines, it is crucial that all law enforcement agencies have timely and sustainable protocols for the recovery and forensic...
Transportation of Prisoners
All prisoners should be treated in a humane manner and with due regard for their physical safety and protection consistent with sound principles of prisoner...
Resources
Mapping Crime by Space and Time: A Smarter Way to Target Violence in Cities
This brief discusses how breaking crime data down by both location and time of day can make predictions more accurate and help police direct resources…
Fixing the Right Broken Windows: New Evidence on Crime Reduction Strategies
This brief discusses how community-driven and problem-solving approaches to disorder policing work to reduce crime and improve safety. This style of disorder policing preserves community…
Focus Where it Matters: How Strategic Policing Reduces Serious Crime
This brief discusses how concentrating police and city resources strategically on the few locations and individuals driving most violent crime delivers major public safety gains…
TraffickSTOP Toolkit
The IACP introduces the TraffickSTOP (Signs to Observe and Prevent) toolkit―a human trafficking identification and prevention training curriculum for high school students throughout the United States…
