Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

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Connect the Dots with FBI’s N-DEx

Picture this: Law enforcement officers are working on a double homicide case and identify two suspects—a mother and son. But, while they were investigating the suspects, the mother fled the area, ...

Victim Services

Enhancing Police Services in Immigrant Communities

Police executives and community leaders recognize the need to build and sustain solid relationships with all communities, especially communities of color, since the police depend on community members ...

Education & Training

Hybrid Officers for Holistic Public Safety

The criminal justice industry struggles to reframe itself and the roles it plays in the current sociopolitical landscape. Because of this, and because police departments need to reflect the communitie...

Policy

A Precarious Balance

In November 2023, the Texas state legislative body passed Senate Bill 4, a state law addressing illegal immigration. At the time of writing, this law remains in legal limbo but may at any point come i...

Community-Police Engagement

Lighting the Fire Within

The UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service is a small agency delivering policing services to six First Nation communities on and around Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. The organization has a total of 45 ...

Community-Police Engagement

The Power of Lived Experience

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience unique and serious disadvantages when involved with criminal or juvenile justice systems. Behaviors related to a person’s dis...

Community-Police Engagement

Improving Community Policing for Underserved Older Adults

The underserved elder citizen population in the United States is growing at an unprecedented rate and becoming more demographically and economically diverse. It is predicted that by 2040, the elder po...

Human & Civil Rights

Crucial Communications Across Languages

“A culturally responsive justice system does not mean the immigrants are not obligated to meet the same requirements and standards of accountability that the system imposes on all Americans. Rather,...