April 2022 - Police Chief Magazine

Reenvisioning Police Training

A new era of scrutiny and public demand for police transparency has put agencies and officers in the white-hot heat of a spotlight in search of reform. Police can no longer look at threats as rapid �...

Community-Police Engagement

Building Understanding and Trust

The ongoing violence in U.S. cities in the aftermath of several notorious police shootings has resulted in the most serious nadir in community-police relations since the civil unrest surrounding the w...

Education & Training

The Road Show

It is 5 a.m. on a Tuesday morning at a police substation in Tucson, Arizona. Inside the warehouse area where vehicles are often stored, a screaming man with a gas can begins to pour its contents over ...

Investigations

Suggestibility in Police Interviews and Interrogations

Law enforcement professionals such as police and sheriffs conduct the vast majority of initial interviews and interrogations involved in criminal investigations. The recent reexamination of historical...

Criminal Justice Reform

The Move Toward More Equitable Policing in America

America has always been a divided society. Racial, social, political, and economic divisions have long existed and resulted in frustration and a mutual lack of trust. In recent years, those frustratio...

Community-Police Engagement

Strategic Communications

Effectively communicating in a culturally relevant manner with various audiences is an essential component of community policing. To that end, a multidimensional, multicultural approach to strategic ...

Crime & Violence

Working with Diverse Community Stakeholders

In many communities, a set of blocks or a few discrete locations have been hot spots for years, unyielding to traditional methods of crime prevention. The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Pro...

Recruitment & Personnel

Connecting with the Community

Between H Street, P Street, L Street, Stine, and Sterling Road in Bakersfield, California, there are a cluster of Sikh temples, many of them impressive with gold and ivory domes, reminiscent of archit...