Ethics
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Being a law enforcement officer in today’s society is a challenging and complex task; it requires officers to be free from bias and intolerance in order to perform their duties well. At present, lim...
Legal
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The potential uses for police UAVs seem, at present, almost limitless. Many UAV models are cheaper than cruisers and helicopters to purchase and operate, and their ability to fly and hover at varying ...
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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Do the police exhibit bias when deciding to shoot? Experimental studies have yielded mixed evidence, and, until last year, there was no reliable national-level data pertaining to citizens killed by po...
Victim Services
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Most law enforcement professionals know that intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault investigations can be the most challenging cases they will work during their careers. These cases often ...
Human & Civil Rights
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In the context of violence against women and gender-based violence, these two words are a cornerstone of the efforts undertaken by law enforcement and victim advocates in Vermont. Those two simple wor...
Community-Police Engagement
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In March 2006, Spokane, Washington, police officer Karl Thompson responded to a robbery call at an ATM. Arriving in the area, Officer Thompson observed an individual who met the suspect’s descriptio...
Human & Civil Rights
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The fair and impartial policing (FIP) perspective–based on the modern science of bias—is consistent with the profession’s current emphasis on evidence-based policing, whereby policies and practi...
Human & Civil Rights
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This fictional scenario is one faced in reality by many police agencies, and police chiefs need to ensure that their organizations are prepared to investigate this type of case and deal with the commu...