Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Perspectives: How Collaboration Can Increase Road Safety

How can collaboration among different law enforcement agencies and departments effectively increase road safety? Law enforcement agencies can team up to achieve shared goals. We have a significant ...

Global Policing

Crime Is a Global Business

Six years ago, a room in Jamaica no bigger than a large store cupboard was filled from floor to ceiling with pieces of paper. At first glance, those not used to working in a digital environment cou...

Community-Police Engagement

Community Policing in Multicultural Communities

Community policing has ebbed and flowed in popularly and application over the years, though many suggest it is still a viable policing strategy that helps to establish trust and leads to genuine partn...

Crime & Violence

Crime Prevention in the 21st Century

In today’s policing environment, it is smart to focus on crime prevention as a foundational strategy. FBI’s 2016 Crime in the United States report revealed that violent crime is on the increase—...

Youth

After School: The Prime Time for Juvenile Crime

For decades, law enforcement has known that the hours immediately after school, when parents are less likely to be available to provide supervision, are the times when kids are more likely to commit o...

Youth

Building Social Capital

On February 1, 2017, A headline read, “Gangs, guns and rap videos helped make 2016 Norfolk’s deadliest year in a decade.” The article depicted a photograph of three African American youth holdin...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Engaging Youth During a Crisis

How can agencies engage youth during times of crisis such as a pandemic?...