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Imagine that you are the chief of a large municipal police department with more than 500 sworn officers. To improve efficiency, your agency has arranged for a single patrol officer to take one-half of...
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Modern-day policing faces myriad challenges aside from the duties of the job itself. In the past decade, law enforcement has become the spotlight of many politically charged conversations by community...
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Executive function refers to a set of higher-order, complex cognitive processes that guide and coordinate a host of a vital daily functions. Some of these functions include engaging in appropriate and...
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Many police agencies across the United States are dealing with increasing violence in their jurisdictions while also facing political pressures to limit enforcement activities. Within this context, or...
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One can easily imagine the rolling eyes and the sense of “here we go again” when another group of young people started behaving antisocially in a UK town!
However, this time it was different—...
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Since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, an increasing number of U.S. states have adopted laws on Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), also known as Red Flag laws. These laws allow ...
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When an agency thinks of violence reduction, the public information officer (PIO) might not be at the top of the list as a critical resource, but an individual in this role has the ability to create, ...
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Portland, Oregon, is a small U.S. city tucked in between the Pacific Ocean and the mountains in the Willamette Valley, west of the desert. It has a vibrant food culture, artisan coffee shops on every ...
