Dani Gudakunst, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Technology Talk: Held Hostage: Steps for Avoiding Cybersecurity Incidents within a Law Enforcement Agency

It’s a law enforcement executive’s worst nightmare—a panicked call from staff in the middle of the night. What could it be? All of the agency’s 911 and communication capabilities, report writi...

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Traffic Safety Initiatives: Motorcycle Safety

The number of fatalities involving motorcyclists in the United States has recently decreased from a peak of 5,112 deaths in 2008. A total of 4,693 motorcyclists died in crashes in 2015, according to t...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Immediate Transport as a Lifesaving Measure for Trauma Victims

Self-administered first aid kits or trauma kits have become standard officer-issued equipment in recent history. These kits enhance officers’ capability to save lives—their own or other persons—...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Research Study: Time to Tourniquet

Violent attacks and related mass casualty events continue to occur, with recent headline incidents such as the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting, Republican congressional baseball te...

Technology

The Sound of a Thousand Bees: Lessons Learned in Developing a Successful Law Enforcement Drone Program

On June 1, 2017, shortly after 10:00 a.m., the Stafford County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Office was notified that an individual had fired shots into a vehicle parked on private property in the northern p...

Criminal Justice Reform

The Ferguson Effect Reinterpreted

Most people recognize that the United States is experiencing a social change that has the possibility to be interpreted by future historians as transformational. A substantial component of this change...

Leadership

Law Enforcement and Urbanization in 2037

One of the challenges for modern law enforcement leaders is trying to balance today’s needs against future plans. All municipal executives experience the pressure of the annual or biennial budget cy...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Beyond the Event Horizon: Emergent Realities in Law Enforcement

Predicting the future is like trying to peer inside a black hole: no one can see what’s inside until one has passed the point of no return—the “event horizon” in astronomy terms. It stands to ...