December 2022

Hiring Police Officers Using Emotional Intelligence Skill Evaluation

The way police officers deliver their services and the experiences of their professional lives are directly affected by the quality of police leadership. Line officers use leadership skills every day....

Recruitment & Personnel

A UK Crisis of Detectives

In the history of the UK Police Force, “detective” used to be a coveted role that only the best and brightest police officers achieved. This was in part helped by extensive media coverage of real-...

Recruitment & Personnel

Recruiting the Unrecruited

Many people have heard the saying “The community is the police, and the police is the community,” attributed to Sir Robert Peel. However, it is no secret that there is a vast disparity betw...

Recruitment & Personnel

10 Steps for Recruiting More Women Police

What should modern policing look like? What policies and practices are needed to change the profession to better support law enforcement officers, repair damaged community-police relationships, protec...

Community-Police Engagement

Irish police, An Garda Síochána, walking in Dublin

Sustaining Legitimacy & Building Confidence

While celebrating it’s 100-year anniversary, An Garda Síochána (“The Guardians of the Peace” in Irish) takes a look back at its story and how it came into being as the unitary police and natio...

Recruitment & Personnel

Two women police officers walking in the community

A Way Forward for Police Recruiting

Police recruiting—and staffing in general—is in a prolonged crisis, as documented by a variety of media sources, surveys, and expert panels. U.S. police agencies are reporting significant decrease...

Recruitment & Personnel

The Impact of Intergenerational Workplace Relationships

As today’s police officers grow to take on leadership roles, the intergenerational relationship between millennial commanders and Generation Z (Gen Z) personnel will determine the organizational suc...

From the Director

From the Director: Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven, Inclusive Research

“We don’t need any data. We already know all about what cops do in our community.” The woman’s words were met with nods and murmurs of agreement....