August 2023 - Police Chief Magazine

Interview Considerations—Blood Sugar Dysregulation

Blood sugar dysregulation (dysglycemia) refers to an abnormality in blood sugar stability and can include high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) and low blood glucose levels (hypoglycemia). Althoug...

Criminal Justice Reform

Putting the Emphasis on “Human” in Trafficking Cases

For anyone who has been assigned to work a human trafficking case, who thought they have possibly encountered a human trafficking victim, who felt something was “off” during a traffic stop or duri...

Education & Training

What Works in De-Escalation Training

“If you genuinely put at the heart of your use-of-force model the sanctity of all human life, it changes dramatically the way a police officer responds to that call for service.”—Chief Maris Her...

Leadership

Lessons in Leadership

When I first became a police chief, I was appointed interim chief at a packed city council meeting in Forest Park, Georgia, in October 2018. The only chief I had ever worked for had just been let go u...

Education & Training

Reinvigorate Your FTO Program for Officer Success

Even as the private market has rebounded from what some call a post-COVID employment slide, public safety employment recruitment and retention continues to decline. According to the Police Executiv...

Education & Training

The Importance of Mentorship Programs for Law Enforcement

Law enforcement agencies understand and acknowledge the value of training. Field training officer (FTO) programs primarily focus on guiding and training new officers through the various areas of polic...

Leadership

Preparing Canada’s Next Generation of Police Chiefs

Each new president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) brings with them a vision and goals for their respective two-year mandate. In August 2018, Chief Constable Adam Palmer of the...