What's New on IACP Net?

We've updated the look and added great new features to make IACP Net even more valuable to you and your department. We hope you'll find the updated site easier to navigate and a great way to maximize your research time.

If you haven't seen the new site yet, log in today at www.iacpnet.com. To schedule a free training on the new site, call your customer service associate at 800.227.9640. Thank you for your membership to IACP Net.

Thank you to the following police departments and sheriff's offices for contributing content to IACP Net in the fourth quarter of 2009: Brook Park, OH; Clearcreek Township, OH; Crystal Lake, IL; Emporia, KS; Forest Park, OH; Juneau, AK; Lakeland, FL; Loveland, OH; North Las Vegas, NV; Rutgers University, NJ; Saline County, KS; Shawnee, KS; and Wayne NE.

IACP Net's offices will be closed on Friday, January 1, 2010 for New Year's Day. We wish you and everyone at your department a safe and happy 2010.

Officers who predominately work midnights are at greater risk of developing severe health problems than civilians and other cops, especially if they average more than about 90 minutes of overtime per week and have trouble sleeping. This document is located in the Core Database under document #609020.

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and equivalent provisions in the Constitutions of each of the individual states, prohibits "unreasonable" searches and seizures, and contains a warrant requirement for many searches into private homes and businesses. Searches and seizures that run afoul of these requirements may result in suppression of evidence under the exclusionary rule, and may also result, in some cases, in civil liability for officers, supervisory personnel, and municipalities under a federal civil rights statute. This document is located in the Core Database under document #609117.

Does your department require fitness standards? Please share your answers in our new informal survey. Visit the Survey section under Networking to participate.

This online training includes an overview of the National Response Framework; roles and responsibilities at the local, state, and Federal level; identification of threats, vulnerabilities and resources in a community/jurisdiction; all hazards planning and partnerships; selecting PIOs; and procedures for conducting press conferences. To locate this grant opportunity, search keyword "all hazard" in the Funding section, located in Current Affairs.

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IACP Net Alert highlights some recent additions to the online information resource for the business side of policing, www.iacpnet.com.

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