September 2022

The Future of Policing

GUEST EDITORS Kyrus Branch, Carl Maupin, Mohammed Oluwa, and Rebecca Simonelli

Change can be daunting, but—in a complex, ever-changing environment such as policing—taking a collaborative approach to focus on the future can keep an agency from being outpaced as technological and societal needs evolve. In this month’s Police Chief, gain insight from others and participate in the future of policing.

 

Articles

• Futures Thinking

  By Tracey Green, PhD, Chief Executive Officer; Mike Richmond, Chief Advisor and Assistant Director of Strategic Foresight; and Samantha Kruber, PhD, Strategic Foresight Advisor, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency
  As the world emerges from the biggest public health crisis in a century, police find themselves operating in an environment of deep complexity, a fast pace of change, and troubling uncertainty. Social...

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• Perspectives on the Future of Policing

  What does the future of policing look like? Is there a new technology on the horizon that will be a game changer? Is society evolving in a way that will change the role of policing? Is there a sea cha...

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• A Vision for Policing Reform

  By Cynthia Lum, PhD, Director, Center for Evidence-Based Policing, and Professor, George Mason University, Virginia
  It would be an understatement to say that serious concerns, issues, and bad news about policing seem to be constantly pressing on people in the United States over the last couple of decades. Most rec...

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• IACP 2022 Overview

  The IACP 2022 Conference and Exposition will take place October 15–18, 2022, in Dallas, Texas, and will bring together policing leaders from around the globe. The programing comprises over 200 edu...

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