President’s Message: Telling Our Own Story—A Call for Police Leaders to Take Part in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection
I often hear law enforcement officers of all ranks express a desire to tell our own story, to take back the narrative, and to not let the media or others control the dialogue. Often, the wish is to demonstrate to our communities that the image of police that is often presented by the media or spread through social media largely misrepresents the profession and paints an inaccurate picture of what our officers do each day.
