February 2023: Innovations in Law Enforcement Training

Guest Editors: Chief David Kurz and Eric Drifmeyer

Law enforcement training has to continuously evolve to keep pace with societal changes, new laws, new threats, and shifts in public expectations. Agencies are turning to innovative methods to fulfill this need, including the use of modern technology such as immersive virtual reality, to engage officers and teach both tactical and interpersonal skills. Innovations in training also look to train today’s personnel, from crime analysts to patrol officers to chiefs, to reach their full potential, hone their skills, and proactively manage their physical and mental well-being.

Articles

• Tactical Longevity

  By Training for Anti-fragility in the Moment and from Call to Call
  Anyone who has worked in law enforcement for even a brief period of time is acutely aware of how stressful the profession can be. Although it can also be a rewarding and fulfilling profession, officer...

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• Virtual (In)sanity

  By Bas Böing, Captain, Chief Inspector, National Police Force, Netherlands, and P.W. (Peter) de Vries, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Twente
  Police departments across the world increasingly face allegations of ethnic profiling. According to the European Fundamental Rights Agency, ethnic profiling involves treating an individual less favora...

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• Rethinking the Role of Crime Analysts

  By Friedrich “Sam” Steiner, Chief Inspector, Austrian Federal Police
  Criminal analysis arrived in Europe about 20 years ago and has become an integral part of

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• Virtual Reality Training in Rural Jurisdictions

  By John Born, Director (Ret.), Ohio Department of Public Safety, and John Bowditch, Director, Ohio University’s Game Research and Immersive Design Lab

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