By Colonel Michael Tooley, Chief, Montana Highway Patrol, Helena, Montana; Jeffrey Linkenbach, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, and Director, National MOST of Us Institute for Social Norms, Bozeman, Montana; Brian J. Lande, Deputy Sheriff, Lake County, California, Sheriff?s Department; and Gary M. Lande, Associate Director, National MOST of Us Institute for Social Norms, Bozeman, Montana
he law enforcement profession has always been a tough business. Over the course of a career, law enforcement officers see the best and the worst in humanity. They may be thanked for what they do and then be spit upon not an hour later. Sometimes this leaves officers confused as to how the public they … Continue reading The Media, the Public, and the Law Enforcement Community: Correcting Misperceptions