November 2023: Contemporary Issues in Policing

As recent years and global events have shown, the work of the police goes far beyond simply “fighting crime,” to include supporting public health, countering violent extremism, and building trust, among many other responsibilities.

Articles

• The Looming Threat of Infectious Zoonotic Diseases

  By Gary Hagler, Director of Emergency Planning and Operations, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR); Russ Mason, PhD, Michigan DNR Executive in Residence, Michigan State University; Michael Osterholm, PhD, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP); Meredith L. Gore, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park; and Cory Anderson, Graduate Research Assistant, CIDRAP
  Wildlife trafficking is a widespread and growing global concern, removing an estimated $5–23 billion annually from the global economy. It crosses borders that previously were barriers to movement an...

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• Multisector Collaboration to Prevent Violent Extremism

  By Myron Demkiw, Chief of Police, Toronto Police Service, Ontario
  Three years have passed since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 global pandemic, and since that time, millions of people have died, and governments worldwide are still reeling from t...

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• Rapport in Police Interviewing

  By Robert S. Bland, PhD, Program Coordinator, Criminal Justice Department, Jefferson State Community College, Alabama
  Rapport is an interpersonal relationship between individual participants that can be positive or negative. It’s a connection between individuals that establishes an emotional tone in a given moment....

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• Augmented Reality and Public Trust

  By Sal Suárez, Captain, California Highway Patrol
  Imagine an officer being dispatched to a call of a crash with a subject reportedly acting strangely. Video and still images from callers are being uploaded and shared to a Next Generation 911-equipped...

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