Recruitment & Personnel
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Police professionals across the globe have shared in the struggle to staff their operational forces adequately in recent years. According to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), “Agencies are...
Crime & Violence
MS-13 member's tatoos
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Successful implementation of a group violence intervention (GVI) strategy must involve collaboration and participation from the local police  agency as a critical stakeholder that is responsible for ...
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How often do people trust what they see on the internet? A popular internet pastime is looking for holes or issues with AI-generated images. For example, while faces in the foreground might look convi...
Technology
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Imagine for a moment the typical calls for service related to drone activity that are occurring in cities across the United States. Dispatch is notified of a drone flying very close to a crowd gathere...
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The most recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (2022) states that there are 17,541 state and local law enforcement agencies across the United States. Among those agencies, more than...
President's Message
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College campuses have long been central sites for debate and action on a variety of social causes. While protests, mass demonstrations, and rallies are not new issues for police, the ways we respond t...
Tech Talk
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From tactical vests to trauma kits, police officers leverage numerous tools and equipment when responding to emergencies. While physical equipment is critical to protecting officers and enabling th...
Education & Training
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In his insightful book, The Infinite Game, the business leadership guru Simon Sinek asserts, “Great leaders are the ones who think beyond ‘short term’ versus ‘long term.’ They are the ones...
Focus on Officer Wellness
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In March 2019, the Bloomington, Indiana, Police Department (BPD) hired its first integrated police social worker (PSW). While the initial goals of the program were related to decreasing repeat call...
Officer Safety & Wellness
People gather for a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting that occurred over night, at the Levitt Pavilion on August 4, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. In the second mass shooting in the U.S. within 24 hours a gunman left nine dead and another 27 wounded after only a minute of shooting. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)
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“Science doesn’t have the corner on truth. The reality of the Oregon District Mass Shooting is that it was an absolute horror for everyone touched by it, and there is no sufficient narrative to ex...