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Some of the most notorious criminals in U.S. history were brought down by a law enforcement leader who remains almost as overlooked today as he was when he died 60 years ago. He nailed the real bad gu...
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Few fields in the law enforcement profession are experiencing greater or more rapid change than public information; changes in mission, production, and delivery have begun, and continued change is ine...
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As the motto of the Boy Scouts of America advises, law enforcement agencies should always be prepared, whether for a critical incident or for interaction with the media. Even occasional media communic...
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On March 27, 2007, state police commanders had an exclusive look at the next step in information sharing: instant access to interstate driver’s license photos. At the International Association of Ch...
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The public rightly expects that criminal justice agencies and especially law enforcement agencies at all levels of government will cooperate and share information seamlessly. This belief is supported ...
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Editor’s note: The author was the police incident commander for the 2003 TOPOFF2 full-scale terrorism response exercise in Seattle and served as a controller and evaluator for the 2005 Marine Terror...
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In any policing controversy—excessive use of force, racial profiling, police suicide, discourtesy—separating human emotions from that controversy’s cause is difficult. An officer’s emotional i...
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Every day, police professionals decide and act while balancing competing and conflicting values and interests, frequently with incomplete or inaccurate information, often in highly emotional and dynam...
