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Police Chief David Kurz has given a great deal of thought to an incident he was made aware of earlier in his career. A police officer was on a construction detail when a car with four, young African ...
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“Why does the LGBTQ2S community need a Pride Parade?” This question has been asked by many people over the years, including members of the York Regional Police. Although the question has become mu...
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Deputy Navdeep Singh Nijjar was 14 years old when his family moved from his native home of Punjab, India, to Houston, Texas, in 2000. He had family in Texas, so he knew enough about U.S. culture to kn...
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As police agencies around the world are faced with unprecedented challenges to the heretofore presumed legitimacy of their officers’ actions, the profession has witnessed a clarion call for i...
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Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are one of the most rapidly spreading technologies in policing today. As of 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that 60 percent of local police departments a...
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The age of news by the hour is over. Today’s world is one where news is by the minute, where mere seconds make or break the accumulation and dissemination of information to the masses. Change has n...
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Improved Outcomes in Racially Charged Police Encounters: Making the Case for Decision-Based Training
Procedural justice is a concept that touches on virtually all aspects of public policy. It speaks to the fundamental fairness of civil processes irrespective of race, color, creed, ethnicity, sex, nat...
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Human beings are social creatures, and, as such, relationships are of crucial importance to them. Since relationships are built on trust, it’s imperative that police officers understand the importa...