NCJ Number
247608
Date Published
November 2013
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This issue of The Police Chief magazine contains 10 main articles covering a wide range of law enforcement topics important to police chiefs and other law enforcement officials.
Abstract
The first article discusses the five Cs of law enforcement leadership: courage, character, commitment, compassion, and communication. The second article describes the experiences of police chiefs who have transitioned to emergency management leadership. The third article examines the conflicts that arise between employees who perform their work with a sense of entitlement and organization leadership that is seeking performance-driven employees. The fourth article describes strategies for training crime analysts, while the fifth article explores the use of situational policing in rural areas. The sixth article describes the role that FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers) has in the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to combat human trafficking. The seventh article describes Project Exile, a firearms crime reduction strategy, while the eighth article examines the concept of ethical defensibility. The ninth article discusses the need for ensuring officer safety in interview rooms, while the tenth article highlights new initiatives in risk assessment, offender profiling, and micro hot-spot policing.