David Teodosio at Police Chief Magazine

Focus on Officer Wellness: Strategies for Successful Wellness Programs

There is a lot of buzz today in law enforcement about wellness programs, tools, and interventions. Investing in employees’ health and wellness, including psychological or mental health, is a smart w...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: When Traffic Stops Turn Fatal

Traffic stops represent a significant portion of law enforcement interactions with the public. Despite technological and procedural advancements, the unpredictability of encounters can pose substantia...

Education & Training

The True Culture Architects

In recent years, the public discourse around police culture has intensified, spotlighting the urgent need for reform. Amid rising calls for transparency, accountability, and community-oriented polici...

Community-Police Engagement

Building and Leading a Winning Culture

Imagine giving a tour of a police department to a group of community members. Throughout the tour, time is taken to point out things that are hanging on the wall that have historical significance to t...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Skeleton Key AI Security Threat

The Skeleton Key AI Security Threat is a type of cyber attack that targets large language models (LLMs) that are used to generate natural language outputs for various applications. The attack involves...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Safe and Secure U.S. Elections

The 2024 U.S. General Election will be held on November 5 across all 50 U.S. states. It is impossible to drive down a street, enter a shop, or go for a neighborhood walk without seeing campaign sign...

Terrorism

Empowering Communities to Counter Violent Extremism

With more than 1 million visitors expected ahead of Super Bowl LVII (2023), the Arizona Fusion Center—also known as the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC)—knew the Phoenix metro ...

Global Policing

Leveraging Crowd Psychology to Prevent Violence

As the United States ebbs closer to its next election season, with the anticipated risk of protests becoming violent, the swath of campus disturbances across the United States in April 2024 prompts th...