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As a university police department, the University of Colorado Boulder Police Department (CUPD) serves a “city within a city.” Roughly 37,000 students, faculty, and staff reside and/or work on the ...
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Policy makers, law enforcement leaders, and line officers have extensively discussed two competing approaches to policing: police as “warriors” or police as “guardians.” At a recent seminar on...
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Women are underrepresented in law enforcement in the United States, representing less than 13 percent of full-time sworn officers and a much smaller percentage (3 percent) of persons serving in police...
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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....
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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-...
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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...
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Russia invades Ukraine. A category 5 hurricane tears through the Caribbean. Anti-government protests roil Kazakhstan. A drug cartel attacks a U.S. consulate in Mexico. An explosion levels a seaport in...
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As active shooter incidents increase year after year, we have seen a variety of responses across agencies. There are times where responding law enforcement officers seem to have forgotten the very bas...
