Recruitment & Personnel
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Why doesn't the makeup of the police department reflect the diversity of the community, and what are you doing to be more reflective of the community in which you serve?...
Policy
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As in many other departments across the country, Metropolitan-Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) policy on transfers, and the procedures in which they were accomplished, had changed often over tim...
Recruitment & Personnel
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The scene has been reenacted many times in the news recently: a military reservist’s wife packing boxes to move, as she cannot afford to pay the mortgage and monthly bills since her husband, a milit...
Recruitment & Personnel
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No law enforcement agency faces greater recruiting challenges than the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With stringent application requirements and a public image of "men in black," the agency has sev...
Recruitment & Personnel
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There is little doubt that most police supervisors, at whatever level of the organization, have felt the frustration inherent in the attempted application of traditional work standards to employees wh...
Leadership
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One proven method of addressing crime problems is by effective and efficient criminal investigation practices, and the quality of the preliminary investigation has been proven to have a profound impac...
Ethics
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Police departments have put in place various programs to address misconduct by officers. These include requiring ongoing ethics training for officers, improving use-of-force policies and training, dev...
Technology
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Cross-jurisdictional and cross-disciplinary events have become more significant in recent years. These events have enhanced the need for an effective means of on-scene communication and information ex...