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Rethinking Recruitment and Retention

Policing is in a deepening crisis as the profession seeks to recruit and retain sufficient numbers of quality personnel to maintain effective staffing. Many government agencies and professional ass...

Product Feature

Product Feature: Providing Support to Those Who Serve

The public safety field can be full of traumatic experiences that could result in long-term effects. About 80 percent of first responders will experience a mental health–related issue in their caree...

Education & Training

The Benefits of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Conversations surrounding Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training for law enforcement has been gaining increasing traction in recent years. Some police leaders are on board and have begun implementing training p...

Education & Training

The Road Show

It is 5 a.m. on a Tuesday morning at a police substation in Tucson, Arizona. Inside the warehouse area where vehicles are often stored, a screaming man with a gas can begins to pour its contents over ...

Informer

The Informer: March 2022

Research abounds on topics related to law enforcement and criminal justice, and it can be difficult to sift through it all.Informer breaks down three studies for law enforcement leaders to help keep t...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Identify and Support Opportunities for New Skills

Experience is often said to be the best teacher. Each month, a question asked by a new chief of police or future law enforcement executive is answered by experienced leaders....

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Product Feature: Using Technology to Aid Police Response

Of their many duties, responding to emergencies can be some of the most intense for law enforcement. But it may be when the public is most in need. From active shooters and traffic accidents to sea...

Human & Civil Rights

Finding Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity in Policing

Policing in the United States has changed over time, as has U.S. society. Various criminological schools—the pre-classical school, classical school, positivist school, and neo-classical school—hav...