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America has always been a divided society. Racial, social, political, and economic divisions have long existed and resulted in frustration and a mutual lack of trust. In recent years, those frustratio...
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Like never before, there is a spotlight on law enforcement practices and how officers interact with their communities. A Gallup poll from 2020 reported that 52 percent of Americans do not have confi...
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Substance use disorder has taken a tremendous toll in the United States in lives lost, families destroyed, personal incomes disrupted, and the associated childhood trauma causing intergenerational sub...
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Even the ancient Romans were concerned about accountability and oversight. Nearly 2,000 years ago the Roman satirist Juvenal asked, “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”—which can be translated from ...
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Law enforcement professionals know intuitively and demonstrably that criminals prey on the most vulnerable of their neighbors. It is their very vulnerability that makes them attractive to someone seek...
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For the past few years, implicit bias and antidiscrimination have become buzzwords in many police departments; agencies have phoned in experts and mandated additional bias training for officers at an ...
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The events of the past several months have been a source of many feelings and fear in the minds of many, particularly the criminal acts by those who took an oath to protect and serve their communities...
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U.S. policing is facing unprecedented challenges. Trust in the police has been eroded, and many people are understandably calling for change. Police reform in a deeply polarized nation is no easy task...
