David Teodosio at Police Chief Magazine

Tech Talk: The Hopes, Reality, and Unknown of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn widespread attention for its potential to generate deepfakes and fuel challenges to digital evidence in court. Equally critical is how police agencies can harnes...

Legislative Update

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Senate Reaches Agreement to Move Forward on Government Funding

January 30, 2026 The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the January 30 funding deadline. Under the agreement, funding for the Department of Homeland S...

Community-Police Engagement

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Empowering Service to All

Police officers are increasingly encountering individuals on the autism spectrum in a wide range of situations—from missing person calls to traffic stops, to community events, to crisis intervention...

Community-Police Engagement

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Community-Focused Problem-Solving

All police agencies share common goals: to reduce crime and improve their community’s quality of life. Over the past several decades, agencies have become increasingly effective in applying proven a...

Community-Police Engagement

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Steering the Ship

Rarely do the names of famous 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and longtime National Football League All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce come up in the same conversation. However, despite the...

Community-Police Engagement

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Neighborhood Trust Starts With Us

Trust is the cornerstone of effective policing. It influences not only how the police serve their communities in routine interactions but also how they respond and are perceived in moments of crisis. ...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Threats of Criminal Use of AI

One of the emerging threats of artificial intelligence (AI) use will be its employment in various criminal activities. It will be commonplace for AI to be used in schemes of fraud and attempts to pene...

Recruitment & Personnel

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The Pathway to Community Trust

As police leaders discuss, analyze, or contemplate enhancing public trust in their communities, they can first look at the level of community policing in their departments to find answers. Chiefs may ...