Oct 2024

Inside the October issue

Implicit bias training may only be the beginning

Implicit bias training may only be the beginning

An evidence-based approach to improving community relations
Traffic enforcement: What’s your purpose?

Traffic enforcement: What’s your purpose?

Violent gangs are re-emerging to challenge America’s law enforcement agencies

Violent gangs are re-emerging to challenge America’s law enforcement agencies

Recognizing and addressing the issue of leaders in cognitive decline

Recognizing and addressing the issue of leaders in cognitive decline

Seek your own training

Seek your own training

Be a well-prepared LE professional, not the lowest common denominator
Patrol officers don’t patrol

Patrol officers don’t patrol

To make a work shift manageable, something’s got to give

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On the Job

Patrol officers don’t patrol

Patrol officers don’t patrol

To make a work shift manageable, something’s got to give

Middle of summer, end of a busy shift. A single patrol officer in service. The rest are already on scenes: two shootings, a couple accidents with injury, some random... Read More

False confessions

False confessions

What every police officer should know

Interviewing and interrogating suspects are foundational skills in policing. When an officer obtains a confession of guilt from a suspect, it not only solidifies the... Read More

Implicit biases against the police

Implicit biases against the police

And what you should do about it

In today’s society, most police officers receive training on both explicit bias and implicit bias. Explicit bias involves making conscious decisions about certain... Read More

Durango, Colorado, police hop into action after unusual 9-1-1 call

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Durango, Colorado, police hop into action after unusual 9-1-1 call

Officers in Durango, Colorado, were recently in a “high-speed chase” with a peculiar pet that got loose. Bodycam video released on October 23 showed officers responding to a 9-1-1 call […]

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Tech

Real-time intelligence

Real-time intelligence

Revolutionizing crisis response

This will be the last time he pulls his car into the school parking lot. It has been two weeks since he walked the narrow halls and one hour since Read More

Advertiser ID data

Advertiser ID data

There is unquestionably no other topic more discussed in tandem with technology than privacy. With every technological development that makes our daily lives easier, the... Read More

Connected cops

Connected cops

How the internet of things is transforming policing

In recent years, the rapid advancement of technology has significantly transformed various sectors, including law enforcement. The integration of internet of things... Read More

Labor

LEO Bill of Rights

LEO Bill of Rights

A check on political cowardice

Politicians have immense control over our lives. “I work for a police chief, not an elected sheriff,” you might say. True, but your police chief works for city... Read More

Noble cause policing

Noble cause policing

Doing the wrong thing in the name of right

We have all heard the phrase, “Do the right thing for the right reason, even when no one is looking.” The phrase seems like a critical foundational expectation for... Read More

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Always honored, never forgotten

Always honored, never forgotten

COVID-19 is ripping through our country, depositing fear, illness, death and changing daily life as...

NLEOMF

NLEOMF

Founded in 1984, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is dedicated to telling the...

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