Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Making Sense of Unofficial Deadly Force Data

Ferguson. Baltimore. Louisville. Minneapolis. Deadly police-civilian encounters over the past decade in these and other U.S. cities have launched presidential task forces and sparked protests, riots, ...

Technology

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The Impact of Online Crime Reporting on Community Trust

Imagine that you are the chief of a large municipal police department with more than 500 sworn officers. To improve efficiency, your agency has arranged for a single patrol officer to take one-half of...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

A Turning Point in Policing Methods

Modern-day policing faces myriad challenges aside from the duties of the job itself. In the past decade, law enforcement has become the spotlight of many politically charged conversations by community...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Good Data Drives Good Policing

Most, but not all, of the largest police departments across the world embraced modern crime analysis decades ago. In 2017, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) further supplemented its long comm...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Highway Safety Initiatives: Traffic Safety, 2008

As 2008 draws to a close, a harsh reality will set in for the families of more than 40,000 U.S. residents. If the final data prove 2008 to be a typical year, this is the number of individuals who w...

Research & Evidence-Based Policing

Finding What Works Best

“More data needed,” “Data show disparity in response,” “Police should not respond to traffic violations.” These types of headlines play on repeat. Every time police executives open their e...

Recruitment & Personnel

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Data-Driven Diversity

Law enforcement agencies are experiencing unprecedented levels of scrutiny from community members regarding use-of-force encounters between officers and community members of color. During these diffic...

Products & Services

2023 Buyers’ Guide

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