September 2023: Police Innovation

With current advancements in technology, mental health awareness, and training, law enforcement agencies have myriad opportunities to take advantage of such progress and innovate ways to use new products and resources to move policing forward, increase efficiency, and improve service to their communities. Whether it’s using the newest high-tech tool or finding new ways to connect with community-based partners, the profession is embracing innovation around the globe.  

GUEST EDITORS: Chris Hsiung, John Perren, and Chelsea Van Horne

Articles

• Innovative Tools or Torments?

  By Bob McCreight, PhD, National Security Advisor, National Security Research Institute
  Drones are a modern police technology frequently used and relied upon to tackle a range of law enforcement tasks. A wide range of missions are levied by police on these intriguing aerial systems, whi...

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• Community Safety Starts with Officer Safety

  By Andrew Coster, Commissioner, New Zealand Police
  In March 2023, the New Zealand Police announced the national rollout of its new Tactical Response Model (TRM)—a policing method that aims to max...

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• Traffic Safety in the Digital Age

  By Volker Orben, Police Chief Superintendent, German Office ROADPOL e.V., Ministry of Interior, Federal State Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  The European Roads Policing Network (ROADPOL e.V.), based in Münster (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a network of European traffic police fo...

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• Transforming Policing Culture

  By Jack Cauley, Police Chief, Castle Rock Police Department, Colorado; Chris Hsiung, Undersheriff, San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, California; Doreen Jokerst, Police Chief, University of Colorado Boulder; and Simon Sinek, New York Times Bestselling Author, Founder of The Curve
  Three officers watched as their training officer that day effected an arrest. They watched as the se...

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