July 2020

Great Ideas 2020: A Look Ahead at Crime Prevention and Investigation

COVID-19, Mass Violence, Violent Protests, and Crimes Facilitated Through Technology will influence the prevention and investigations of crimes over the next five years....

Education & Training

Training Officers in 911

It takes roughly 21 weeks or 840 hours of training to become a licensed police officer in the United States. No one would dream of working this complex and dangerous job without the required co...

Investigations

Local Genealogy Profiles to Improve Investigations

To increase leads and actionable information, agencies could create local-level genealogy databases, much like they already have local DNA indexing systems. Uploading DNA profiles into a geneal...

Education & Training

Great Ideas 2020: A Look Ahead at Education & Training

Law enforcement education and training continues to evolve due to diverse influences on facilitating social order and public safety. The continuous evolution of desired performance combined with the...

Investigations

Advanced Cold Case Support Team

The highly successful East Coast Rapist case combined investigators, crime analysts, and data managers to access a vast storehouse of data, later resulting in the identification of a violent ra...

Education & Training

Simulation Training for Police Commanders

In Singapore, simulation technology has been leveraged to develop a full suite of realistic facilities to specifically train commanders in various law enforcement and criminal justice agencies....

Education & Training

Emotional Intelligence for Policing Domestic Violence

The idea of emotional intelligence as a skill in policing has had little attention either operationally or in research. Nevertheless, in a recent study in England that explored the use of emotional in...