Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

2021 IACP/AXON Police Officer of the Year Award

In June of 2018, Detective Ginny Georgantas of the Cook County Sheriff’s Department began a cold case review of a double homicide from 2003. This case involved the homicide of twin male infants who ...

Youth

Creating a Culture of Community-Based Change

It was a candid assessment from the new police chief in Pine Hill, New Jersey, after examining the culture of his agency and engaging in self-reflection: We need to do more to protect our youth. Ch...

Criminal Justice Reform

Pre-Arrest Deflection Programs

Substance use disorder has taken a tremendous toll in the United States in lives lost, families destroyed, personal incomes disrupted, and the associated childhood trauma causing intergenerational sub...

Perspectives

Perspectives: Collaborate with Public Health Practitioners

How can police collaborate with public health practitioners to address shared challenges? I am a credentialed recovery advocate who has been in abstinence-based recovery since August 201...

Crime & Violence

Reducing Violence and Building Trust

The field of public health is much like that of public safety. Both are tasked with practical goals to enhance their communities’ well-being. Both use data to guide their strategies and deploy resou...

Crime & Violence

Extreme Risk Protection Orders

As of August 2021, Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws have been enacted in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Where ERPO laws are in place, specified groups can petition the court to issue...

Global Policing

Envisaging the Future

The Envisaging the Future (EtF) project is a global exercise to discover and document innovative initiatives that address complex issues with health, criminal justice, and social justice impacts and i...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Understanding and Developing Emotional Intelligence

Ever work in a place where people treated each other with respect and teamwork abounded? There is a strong chance the leader of that group exhibited a high level of emotional intelligence. As a leader...