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April 8, 2021
Motivating and Retaining Today’s Officers
A useful model outlines ways—beyond offering higher salaries—that agencies can garner commitment and high performance from their personnel.
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April 8, 2021
A study gives important insight to investigators as to the locations and methods offenders choose when disposing of the bodies of homicide victims.
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March 11, 2021
Tactical Respect and Tactical Empathy
By learning and practicing tactical communication skills, officers more likely will gain compliance without resorting to force.
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February 11, 2021
Officer-Involved Traffic Crashes
Strong policy, officer awareness, education, and training can have a positive effect on this unfortunate issue.
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January 13, 2021
Conducting a Digital Forensics Capability Study
Evaluating a potential digital forensics unit is no easy task, yet even smaller agencies should consider the possibility and benefits of establishing such a valuable team.
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December 8, 2020
Active Bystandership Can Be Taught and Learned
The skills of active bystandership should be shared, learned, and practiced; a valuable project aims to facilitate this effort in the law enforcement community.
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November 10, 2020
Addressing Hate Crimes: Seattle’s Safe Place Initiative
One agency took a bold step to protect victims of hate crime, address this disturbing widespread problem, and improve police-community relations.
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October 13, 2020
By empowering their subordinates in this regard, agencies gain the adaptivity needed to adjust to changing and uncertain environments.
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October 13, 2020
Police officers must be aware of the reality of child suicide and equip themselves to interact appropriately with suicidal preteens.
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September 10, 2020
Behavioral Health Training for Police Officers: A Prevention Program
This program is a preventive strategy that serves as part of a comprehensive effort to counteract the harmful effects of the policing profession.
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September 10, 2020
Confessions in Intimate Partner Homicide
Investigators and other first responders should be prepared for confessions of guilt in intimate partner homicides to occur unexpectedly and to a variety of listeners.
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August 6, 2020
Can Positive Psychology help change the mindset, culture, and identity of police service as we know it today?
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August 6, 2020
Undercover Chatting with Child Sex Offenders
Experienced investigators offer insights into conducting successful undercover electronic communications that target child predators.
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July 8, 2020
Use of In Silico Methods to Study Crime
In silico methods allow decision makers to address crime issues in a collaborative space where they can examine contributing factors and refine potential solutions.
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June 10, 2020
Investigating Scam Phone Calls
Although these cases may prove difficult to navigate, officers can follow certain steps to bring perpetrators to justice.
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