November 2023 - Police Chief Magazine

Leveraging Stay and Exit Interview Insights

Law enforcement agencies are grappling with the persistent challenge of attracting and retaining top talent. With high turnover rates and fierce competition for the best candidates, it is crucial that...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

How Three Departments Turned Data into Change

Businesses have long turned to data collection and analysis to make informed decisions about staffing, resource allocation, and expansion. This data-informed approach has improved productivity and inc...

Investigations

Who Is Processing Your Crime Scenes?

Lady Justice holds ancient symbols while wearing a blindfold. This representation of the U.S. criminal justice system conveys fair and equal treatment under the law for all. This fair and equal treatm...

Legal

Seven Speedy Tips for Testimony

Many people are afraid of public speaking; experts call it glossophobia and will point to numerous studies showing it is more prevalent than fears of death, spiders, or heights. Sometimes that fear...

Global Policing

The Looming Threat of Infectious Zoonotic Diseases

Wildlife trafficking is a widespread and growing global concern, removing an estimated $5–23 billion annually from the global economy. It crosses borders that previously were barriers to movement an...

Terrorism

Multisector Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism

Three years have passed since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 global pandemic, and since that time, millions of people have died, and governments worldwide are still reeling from t...

Technology

Augmented Reality and Public Trust

Imagine an officer being dispatched to a call of a crash with a subject reportedly acting strangely. Video and still images from callers are being uploaded and shared to a Next Generation 911-equipped...

Spotlight

Spotlight: The Blue Knights

Imagine two young boys. One does well in school but is quiet and often keeps to himself. The other teen is on probation and hesitant around law enforcement. What can bring these two different kids ...