Leadership
Law enforcement leaders must continually adapt to the needs of the community and evolve to incorporate the best practices available. Few agencies have sufficient means to accomplish this using only internal resources, and those that can still have a need to connect with stakeholders in the law enforcement profession to validate their practices. The IACP strives to develop police leaders at all levels of an organization through several different resources. Leadership development remains at the center of the IACP’s professional growth and development agenda.
Women's Leadership Institute (WLI)
The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) is a one-week leadership training program for women leaders and those developing women leaders.
Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO)
Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) is the IACP’s flagship leadership development training program. LPO is modeled after the training concept of dispersed leadership (“every officer…
Policy Center Resources
See AllInvestigation of Allegations of Employee Misconduct
Law enforcement employees should take a professional, victim-centered approach to sexual assaults and to proactively investigate these crimes and prosecute the perpetrator in a manner...
Harassment and Discrimination
In a time where the costs of liability insurance continue to rise driving many towns to self-insure or join insurance pools, law enforcement executives have...
Line-of-Duty Death
Law enforcement agencies are better able to respond to line-of-duty deaths in a prompt, organized manner and remain sensitive to the profound human emotions survivors...
Policy Center Resource
Standards of Conduct
Law enforcement officers must accept and abide by a high ethical and moral standard that is consistent with the rule of law they are sworn...
Resources
Citation in Lieu of Arrest Final Report
This report provides current, national data on law enforcement's use of and attitudes towards citation as a law enforcement tool, as well as a summary…
Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Toolkit
The arrest of a parent can have a significant traumatic impact on children, including shock, immense fear, anxiety, or anger towards the arresting officers. The…
Building Trust Between the Police and the Citizens They Serve: An Internal Affairs Promising Practices Guide for Local Law Enforcement
This guide examines all aspects of police internal affairs operations and recommends strategies to improve and sustain community trust building, regardless of agency size
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…
