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Twenty years ago, online crime reporting represented a revolutionary concept for policing. The promise was compelling: enable community members to submit crime reports on their own time, redu...
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The expansive U.S. rail network—long a symbol of economic development and connectivity—is increasingly being exploited for the transportation and distribution of illicit narcotics. Rail transit sy...
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Effective interviewing is at the heart of any investigation and is essential to achieving justice in society, but it is a skill that must be learned and practiced. Research studies over the pas...
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The crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) is one of the most urgent and complex public safety challenges facing police agencies in the United States. Indigenous communities—partic...
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A few years ago, Captain Christian Cory (Wichita, Kansas, Police Department) had the following experience:
I was receiving my yearly evaluation from my commander in the homicide section. He asked m...
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Police agencies are facing mounting pressure to uphold public safety amid staffing shortages and dwindling resources. To meet the need for visibility and fast response across municipalities large and ...
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Modern policing often begins and ends with digital evidence—and that evidence is coming from more places than ever. Smartphones, laptops, computers, vehicle infotainment systems, and cloud ac...
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Often criminal activity involves a motor vehicle to get the actors to or from a criminal act or to carry out the crime. In the case of vehicle theft, the vehicle is the central element of the crime, w...
