David Teodosio at Police Chief Magazine

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...

Human & Civil Rights

The Right to Assemble

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” Throughout U.S. history, this liberty has shielded public assemblies and contributed to po...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Order in Chaos

Molotov cocktails exploding, bricks smashing into windshields, and the storming of barricades—these chaotic scenes highlight the challenges faced by police personnel during public order events. W...

Terrorism

A member of the RCMP’s Protective Services surveils the tarmac as the Government of Canada plane arrives at the Canada Reception Centre at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in May 2022.

Mitigating Threats to Public Officials

Statistics compiled in 2023 by Élections Québec, and updated as of July 31, 2024, show that, since Quebec’s last municipal elections in 2021, 944 elected officials left their posts before their te...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Making Mental Wellness Programs Effective, Actionable, and Accountable

In describing the use of data in combating the overdose crisis, the authors concluded that, “Good programs start with good data.” This statement is generalizable to the mental wellness programs th...