April 2011

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hydra Program: Command Officer Training for Critical Incidents

aw enforcement professionals can point to a variety of historical incidents where seemingly innocuous occurrences have evolved into full-fledged crises. Critical incidents have a trajectory, and each ...

Underscoring the Importance of Fusion Centers

IMGXYZ3533IMGZYX t is hard to believe that it has been nearly 10 years since the horrific events of 9/11. Over the last 9 years, we have seen deadly attacks outside of the United States in places such...

Ethics

Updating Ethics Training—Policing Privacy Series: Managing Risk by Reducing Internal Litigation

For years, ethics trainers have taught that all illegal behavior committed by a sworn member is unethical, but that not all unethical behavior is illegal. Still, policy noncompliance involving departm...