Criminal Justice Reform
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Police organizations worldwide— including those in the United States—are facing calls to significantly reform or even defund police agencies, leading to a clear need for reenvisioning the role of ...
President's Message
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Reimagine policing and police reform. Two terms we hear frequently these days, but what do they really mean? Unfortunately, there is no clear-cut answer to that question. Reimagine policing and police...
Criminal Justice Reform
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In the last 50 years, the policing profession has witnessed a proliferation of law enforcement operating models and methodologies. In a large part, this change has been energized by major studies that...
Mental Health
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On October 31, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a bill meant to free many thousands of people with mental illnesses from life in institutions. It envisioned building 1,500 outpatient mental...
Policy
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In the past decade, many police agencies have embraced body-worn cameras (BWCs) for their patrol officers. This explosion in camera usage was pushed by the public’s demand for more oversight, but th...
The Brief
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The year is 2020, and everything you thought you knew just went out the window. The world is hit with a pandemic. There is civil unrest and political upheaval, the likes of which have not been experie...
Traffic Safety
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Law enforcement officers are the front lines of public safety within their communities. What sometimes gets lost in today’s busy world with many competing priorities is that traffic safety is an ess...
Community-Police Engagement
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Community policing has ebbed and flowed in popularly and application over the years, though many suggest it is still a viable policing strategy that helps to establish trust and leads to genuine partn...