Cybercrime
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Cybercrime is often thought of as activities such as network intrusions, ransomware, and distributed denial of service attacks. However, it also encompasses any criminal activity that is enabled throu...
Cybercrime
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  Reports of extensive data breaches or other elaborate cybercrimes are increasing worldwide. The complexity and scope of these cases can present challenges that might seem insurmountable for mos...
Mass Casualty Attacks
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Since the tragic incident at Columbine High School (Colorado) in 1999 forced law enforcement to reexamine its response to school shootings, tactics have continued to evolve. Responding officers no lon...
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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The policing profession has been under intense scrutiny over the past several years.1 The 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, brought allegations of racially motivated policing to th...
Education & Training
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During a time of marked high-profile cases that have turned a spotlight onto policies and training in law enforcement and amid the cries for officer training in areas such as cultural sensitivity and ...
Education & Training
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The last several years have been challenging for law enforcement. In August 2018, preliminary 2018 data show that fatalities in law enforcement were already up by more than 10 percent over 2017 and th...
Technology
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The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is the modern system for U.S.-wide collection of crime data by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). NIBRS contains structured information abo...
Recruitment & Personnel
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Recruitment and retention will be one of the most significant challenges facing law enforcement in the near future; in fact, it is already a challenge for many agencies. There are several reasons for ...