April 2024

The Brief: CRI-TAC Reaches 1,000 Technical Assistance Engagements

This past year, the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) achieved a major milestone—more than 1,000 technical assistance engagements with police agencies. CRI-TAC is...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Triumph Over Trauma

Police professionals are directly exposed to some of the most devastating, life-threatening, stressful, emotionally draining, and traumatizing situations....

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: The Emergence of Tele-Cops

Police agencies are grappling with a significant reduction in personnel. Across the United States, there has been nearly a 5 percent decrease in sworn staff over the past three years.1 Since May 20...

IACP@Work

IACP@Work: Law Enforcement Cyber Center Gears Up for Enhanced AI Resources

Technology has rapidly become a part of most people’s daily lives, impacting everything from air travel to vehicles, homes, and workplaces, introducing automation that shapes people’s routines....

Spotlight

Spotlight: Gathering Community Feedback for Improvement

Police agencies often hear about community concerns through town meetings, conversations, or complaints. Community-wide surveys, sometimes used in other industries, are unusual in public safety....

Technology

Investigative Use of Artificial Intelligence

Contemporary policing is still a way off from the android officers of science fiction, no matter how captivating the latest dancing robot videos are. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are ...