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More IACP 2025 From the Show Floor

Watch expanded coverage of IACP 2025 as the POLICE Magazine team walks the aisles at the expo and shares what we found interesting on display for chiefs from across the country and around the world this week in Denver, Colorado.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2002

Chambers named First Female Police Chief for National Park Service

Chief Teresa Chambers, who has served as police chief for the Durham (N.C.) PD for almost four years, is leaving to become Chief of the U.S. Park Police for the National Park Service. Chambers becomes the first female head of the park police in its 210-year history.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2002

Union Seeks to Oust L.A. Police Chief

After years of butting heads with Police Chief Bernard Parks over issues ranging from discipline to work schedules, the city's police union says it will seek a vote of no confidence against the chief.

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Articlesby James CelentanoJanuary 1, 2002

Report Writing Battle Tactics

When you write a police report, cover all the bases ... including your own butt. When you're called into court by some punk you arrested, you'll be glad you took the time to dot all your I's and cross all your T's.

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Articlesby Sergeant DanielsJanuary 1, 2002

What Police Captains Can Learn from Captain Picard

Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard has some pearls of wisdom for police captains everywhere ... even those on Earth.

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Articlesby Al ValdezDecember 1, 2001

Don’t Stop Fighting the War on Gangs

Don't stop fighting the war on gangs.

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Articlesby Roy HuntingtonDecember 1, 2001

Temecula (Calif.) Police Department

This Old West town's small force juggles city and county duties.

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Articlesby E.G. HallJune 1, 2001

Gypsies: Kings of Con

“The cops don’t care and what’s best, they don’t know anything about us. Hotel security has no idea what’s going on. Gypsies are running their scams every day and no one is the wiser.”

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Articlesby John A. MakholmDecember 1, 2000

Honoring Youth Is Prescription for the Future

In these days of the Columbine High School shootings and countless other similar tragedies involving youngsters, we often allow these violent acts to overshadow the good deeds that young people perform in communities across the nation, each and every day.

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The Importance of Being Responsive to Crime Victims

The costs and consequences of crime can be measured in different ways.  When measured in dollar amounts, for example, crime costs more than 100 billion dollars annually for lost property, medical bills, and work absenteeism.  These costs are tangible measures of the heavy toll that crime exacts on our country's residents.

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Articlesby Dennis HallJanuary 1, 2000

School Safety Panel Message: Hike the Profile of Officers

The Columbine High School incident last spring seared itself into the American consciousness and while everyone has probably grown tired of hearing about it, the fact remains that mass incidents of violence have continued both on and off campus since then.

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