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For police leaders, public safety should always be top of mind, including when it comes to critical messaging—and who should receive those messages. If the public is not the audience for communicati...
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As police professionals know, one phone call can change everything. At 9:25 p.m. on June 17, 2015, Chief Mullen received the call no police chief ever wants to get—a call that would change his life....
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In an 18-month period, my agency in Dayton, Ohio, faced a series of unprecedented challenges: a significant water emergency due to a major pipe break, a large-scale white supremacist rally requiring t...
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The terrorism threat landscape continues to evolve since al Qaeda’s attacks on September 11, 2001. Since 9/11, violent extremists repeatedly adapted to counterterrorism pressure as law enforcement a...
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“Science doesn’t have the corner on truth. The reality of the Oregon District Mass Shooting is that it was an absolute horror for everyone touched by it, and there is no sufficient narrative to ex...
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With the complex diversity and level of skills necessary to effectively execute all that is required of today’s police officer, one might think the training would match that demand. Appropriate trai...
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At 11:33 a.m. on May 24, 2022, a mass shooter entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, equipped with a high-powered AR-15–style rifle. The subject immediately started shooting and, within a...
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Your phone rings at 1:00 a.m. It’s your overnight lieutenant. There’s been a mass shooting in a packed nightclub downtown. The shooter inflicted maximum carnage. Fifteen people are dead; many more...
