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Some officers are naturally skilled at social interactions. They can be thought of as Masters of Social Encounters (MSEs), as if they have an advanced degree. Others weren’t born with these kinds of...
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The Toronto Police Service (TPS), in a time of almost universal fiscal restraint and paradoxically increased complexity of service, restructured itself by moving from a decentralized command and contr...
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Multiple forces are converging to put increasing pressure on law enforcement to ramp up the effectiveness of sexual assault investigations. There is a growing awareness and concern about the scourge o...
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Durham, New Hampshire, is the host community for the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and 14,000 college students who spend four formative years living either on the university’s campus or in its i...
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Recent events in the law enforcement arena have highlighted very serious issues concerning the behavior, attitudes, and beliefs of some law enforcement professionals sworn to protect the public. A his...
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Over the past decade, the U.S. military gained significant experience training civilian police in Iraq and Afghanistan; yet, many military professionals still lack a clear operational understanding of...
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It might be difficult to believe, but the most challenging obstacle to reducing crime is changing the culture of law enforcement. Removing “That’s the way we always did it,” from the department ...
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The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) was recently funded under a U.S. Department of Defense project, known as Strategic Social Interaction Modules (SSIM), to develop and ...
