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Everyday police work involves a range of decisions. One of the primary goals in academy training is to ready officers for this decision-making environment. Often, the policing environment is fast-pace...
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Concerns regarding racial bias in policing are a persistent and growing issue in communities across the United States , leading to increased scrutiny for police agencies’ policies, practices, and ac...
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Policing is a human-centered profession. Beat officers, investigators, and police leaders spend much of their time talking to and working with people. A good beat officer is a master communicator, ada...
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The origins of the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) can be traced back to the mid-1990s, with the development of Operation Ceasefire in Boston, Massachusetts. This initiative, led by a team from Harv...
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Violent crime remains one of the most pressing challenges for police chiefs across the globe. In every community, police leaders are tasked not only with suppressing violence but also with building tr...
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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is among the most persistent, devastating, and complex forms of harm in society. It crosses every demographic boundary—class, race, geography—and manifests ...
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Over the past15 years, university policing has undergone significant transformations driven by evolving social expectations, by emerging threats, and by the increasingly complex campus environment. As...
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Standing before the jury, the police officer testified, “I’m confident the person who assaulted me was wearing a blue jacket.” Moments later, the defense played a cellphone video showing the def...
