January 2018

Driver’s Licenses on a Smartphone: Roadside Implications for Law Enforcement

The ability of a law enforcement officer to identify the driver of a motor vehicle and the status of the individual’s driving privileges by virtue of a plastic driver’s license is a typical occurr...

Investigations

See Something, Say Something, Send Something: Everyone Is a Cyber Detective

Events over the past few years, most notably the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, have shown how valuable the public’s help can be to law enforcement. Immediately after the Boston Maratho...

Recruitment & Personnel

Managing Police Personnel Using Scott’s Pillars of Organizations

Personnel choices comprise the most complicated and delicate decisions that a law enforcement administrator must make. From hiring a new officer to promotion time or the unfortunate occurren...

Leadership

Increasing Leadership Capacity in Law Enforcement: An Inclusive Community Approach

Leading in law enforcement is becoming increasingly more of a strategic process in the 21st century. Leading (and managing) others exposes leaders’ professional and personal abilities, as expansive ...

Criminal Justice Reform

Philosophy of Punishment, Justice, and Cultural Conflict in Criminal Justice

Culture is the collective set of values, beliefs, and traditions of a specific group. These values and beliefs can vary greatly from other cultures within an organization (e.g., shifts, districts, fac...

Leadership

Speaking Up: Advocacy from a Chief’s Perspective

For Chief Patrick Flannelly of Lafayette, Indiana, his first experience with advocacy had an unexpected start. In 2013, he was attending a conference when a state legislator came to the front of th...

Leadership

Public Institutions and Agencies that were integrated for Olypmics

Situational Leadership for Multiagency Operations: Brasilia’s Experience with Major Events

Traditional leadership is a well-known leadership style within law enforcement and has been examined in depth in several studies. Although traditional leadership has its benefits, situational leaders...

Leadership

Business World Ideas for Law Enforcement Leaders

The business world has used some successful techniques in recent years to deal with the same problems law enforcement has for many different issues. If law enforcement leadership can embrace some of t...