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Honor, a term deeply ingrained in policing, is a multifaceted concept. It resonates in the mission statements of numerous police departments and is instilled from the start of a police officer’s car...
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Police professionals across the globe have shared in the struggle to staff their operational forces adequately in recent years. According to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), “Agencies are...
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Women have always been underrepresented in the policing profession, and, early on, women police officers were put on desk duty or restricted to dealing with minor offenses.1 In some departments, the f...
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One of the many things I have thought about in the profession is the question, “How do we teach others to appreciate perspectives different from our own?” As a deputy chief, I have worked my way u...
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The authors, Chief (Ret.) Ivonne Roman and Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Maureen McGough, joined forces to launch the 30x30 Initiative in March 2021 to ...
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Despite compelling research demonstrating the unique value of women officers, many departments suffer from a significant lack of representation of women across ranks. As departments seek to simultane...
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Times have changed since the first women joined France’s police force in the mid-1970s. Back then, it was a male-dominated profession in which a small number of women served mainly in departments wh...
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Women in law enforcement face many challenges. Research reveals women and men tend to follow different pathways to leadership.1 The pathway for women is full of “glassy” situations, both overhead...
