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It is safe to say policing has changed drastically over the span of three centuries. Anyone close to the science of policing will explain that this change has been codriven by emerging populations and...
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In July 2017, state and local leaders in Utah met to address a burgeoning crime problem in downtown Salt Lake City, near Utah’s largest homeless shelter. During a span of a few years, the Rio Grande...
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In 1982, criminologists George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson published an article titled “Broken Windows.” They asserted that police could prevent more serious crimes by resolving smaller crimina...
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Law enforcement agencies and the media have a symbiotic relationship, with both entities depending on each other. While the two have common goals, they sometimes have diverging priorities. As with ...
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Among the greatest pressures weighing on law enforcement leadership today is one that barely even registered on the radar just a few decades ago—the threat of negative public relations. And for good...
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Houses of worship (HOW) historically have been protected institutions and a safe haven for the community. However, during the past few years, the number of violent crimes directly and indirectly affec...
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As law enforcement agencies further wade into the realm of the digital world, engaging and encouraging conversation in a limitless forum, the duties to respond, interact, and follow up with queries an...
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Police dramas date back to the beginnings of the Reform Era of policing in the 1930s, when radio was in its infancy and serials captured the public’s imagination, and they continue to fascinate con...
