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By what metric are positive outcomes measured in policing? Is operational activity and the meeting of “productivity goals” (e.g., the number of arrests, summonses, warrants served) the measure of...
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The Ontario Provincial Police’s Mental Health Strategy Our People, Our Communities, was featured in the December 2018 Police Chief. This article expands upon the internal support elements of the ...
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Each year during Police Week, communities across the United States hold memorial services in remembrance of police officers who have made the supreme sacrifice for their communities. Also during this ...
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Justin Terney, a 22-year-old police officer who had served at the Tecumseh, Oklahoma, Police Department for merely six months, died on March 27, 2017, after a shootout with a man trying to flee...
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The loss of an officer in the line of duty leaves a lasting mark on the community, particularly the officer’s colleagues and family members. As time marches forward, coworkers and families are left ...
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Last year, I stood looking out at a sea of yellow flames on the National Mall in Washington, DC, as I read the names of fallen officers at the 30th Annual Candlelight Vigil during the U.S. National Po...
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Persons motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and other individual factors have engaged in acts of mass violence with increasing frequency and lethality. As perpetrators of these attacks arm th...
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Officers being attacked without warning has become more frequent, and data from the FBI’s Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program confirm a steady increase in these assaults fo...
