Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Leveraging Intelligence to Optimize Investigations

Transnational organized crime has taken advantage of the openness and opportunities offered by globalization so far, a phenomenon that has already been widely described. Undeniably, the rapid technolo...

Global Policing

Under the Radar

It is difficult to find an all-encompassing definition for the term “environmental crime,” since such criminality takes myriad forms. It can, for instance, include trafficking in endangered specie...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Enhancing Speed Enforcement in Guayaquil, Ecuador

The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) is a multi-partner and multiyear initiative that aims to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries in low- and middle-income co...

Global Policing

The New Transnational and Technological Mafias

Contemporary mafias in all their manifestations are now a transnational phenomenon. It is impossible to isolate mafia criminal activities in a single specific territory. To understand the new organize...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Combining Technologies to Make the Picture Clearer

In today’s fast-paced world, police chiefs are confronted with myriad new technologies to consider implementing within their departments....

Global Policing

The Economic Dimension of Crime

During the last few decades, Colombia has experienced significant changes in terms of security and freedom. These transformations have led to a transition in the social and political perspective of t...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: Police-Press Relations

“This is my job. This is my job. . . . I’m just doing my job. . . . I was sent here. . . . I’m a journalist.” This refrain was not enough to keep journalist Andrea Sahouri from being pepper-sp...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Telehealth Solution for Mental Health Calls

In recent years, the topic of mental health crisis response by the police has been a hotly discussed topic. Police officers regularly encounter individuals experiencing mental health crises, and many ...