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FASTC—A New Diplomatic Security Training Facility for Unique Challenges Overseas

In a dark, smoke-filled room and stairway—also known as a “smokehouse” in training lingo—a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) special agent safely evacuates others, thus experiencing the sensat...

Education & Training

Connecting Research, Decision-Making, and Police Training

Imagine demonstrating compassion during a death notification, consoling a sexual assault victim using a trauma-informed approach, de-escalating a volatile situation, and having to use deadly force—a...

Education & Training

The Development and Testing of a Simulation-Based Implicit Bias Training Platform

The policing profession has undergone what many have termed a “crisis of legitimacy” over the past few years. Although racial tensions are not new to U.S. policing, the 2014 shooting of Michael B...

Education & Training

Maintaining and Improving Officers’ CSI Skills: On-the-Job Recommendations for Skill Improvement

There is ample literature on effective ways to train police officer recruits while in the academy. However, there is less research on effective ways to train police officers who are on the job; theref...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: The Evaluation of Procedural Justice Training in the Norfolk Police Department, Norfolk Virginia

There is an emerging body of scholarship that suggests that procedural justice plays a significant role in the public’s perception of police legitimacy. Contemporary community standards have increas...

Leadership

Where Will Tomorrow’s Law Enforcement Leaders Come From?

As a leader of a law enforcement organization, or a part of the leadership team, when was the last time you actually stopped and considered where the next generation of law enforcement leaders w...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Education & Training Advice for Officers Seeking Command or Executive Roles

What type of education or training would you advise for officers seeking to move into command or executive roles?...