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February 2025: Navigating Crisis and Resilience

The dynamics of policing go beyond the high-profile crises that make headlines; however, agencies can derive valuable lessons from these critical incidents to ensure a resilient, diverse workforce and implement changes that promote a cultural shift throughout their community and department.

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  • Engagement from Day One

    Community engagement has become a central focus of modern policing, particularly in the wake of high-profile incidents in recent years and growing public scrutiny. The traditional enf...

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  • Modernizing Patrol Operations

    In the fall of 2022, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Police Department (VPD) embarked on an initiative to modernize its patrol operations in a drive to become a more intelligence-led organiza...

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  • Finding a Shared Purpose

    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 ge...

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  • Better Together

    It was early morning, on a Saturday. I was in foot pursuit. I ran left, then jerked right. I side-saddled over a short wall. At a full sprint, I scaled a chain-li...

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