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Building relationships between the police and “the community” is deeply complicated. In truth, there are always multiple communities that police need to build relationships with, especially in urb...
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At 4:59 p.m. on a rainy Halloween night, an officer working complaint duty at a local police office was notified that there was a “walk up” complainant named “John” wanting to speak to an agen...
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The global crimes of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, rape, stalking, and strangulation are being perpetrated at staggering rates. Recent research has provided a greater understanding of ...
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Alexandre Dumas might have made the “One for All and All for One” motto famous when he wrote it as the rallying cry in the Three Musketeers, but it’s unlikely he realized the same concept woul...
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In the not so distant law enforcement future, a watch commander will receive a call from the dispatch center:...
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Your spouse yells from upstairs: “Honneyyy! The Wi-Fi is down again!” It’s the third time this week your home’s wireless has stopped working. “Okaayyy!” You bellow up the stairwell, “Reb...
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Throughout the many years of force reviews conducted by the Los Angeles, California, Police Department’s Deputy Chief Kris Pitcher has found an ongoing issue that is pronounced in thousands of non-l...
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Law enforcement officers live in their community’s crises. Their existence while at work necessitates resolving the highs and lows of other people’s lives, then resuming what most would consider n...
