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One challenge in modern policing is recognizing issues before they go awry. The time has come to embrace the reality that all of society’s problems cannot be resolved by a single call into dispatch....
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On December 4, 2025, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) in Ontario, Canada, marked a significant milestone by hosting its 10th Annual Human Rights Learning Forum. The theme “From Awareness to Action...
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Tragic use-of-force (UOF) incidents highlight the need for change and accountability. Revised UOF policies, body cameras, and heightened scrutiny of misconduct are meant to create a safer, more just e...
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The sirens wail, and a blue-and-red flash fills the rearview mirror. For most drivers, a traffic stop is routine. For someone with autism, it can be a storm of confusion, anxiety, and misinterpreted s...
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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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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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Along with other regions around the world, North America has been battling a historic crisis in addiction and overdose.1 The devastating human and financial toll of this crisis has received well-deser...
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All organizations, whether public or private, need to evolve and improve over time. In policing, this evolution is often described as “reform,” whereby individual police departments steer their of...
