Dr. Gene Ira Katz, DMCJ

Dr. Gene Ira Katz holds a doctoral degree in criminal justice management and has been an associate professor at Colorado Technical University’s College of Criminal Justice and Health Services since 2011, teaching courses such as Criminal Profiling, Victimology, Juvenile Delinquency and more. He often appears as a lecturer and presenter for numerous professional organizations, including the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Society of Criminology, the Mid-Atlantic States Correctional Association and many others.

Rethinking law enforcement approaches to mental health crises

October 4, 2024

Law enforcement officers are most often the first responders to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Some research studies have estimated that at least 20% of police service calls involve […] Read More

How to improve police–community relations

Law enforcement leaders weigh in

May 15, 2024

The International Association of Chiefs of Police’s (IACP) official policy asserts that “trust and transparency between law enforcement agencies and the people they serve is vital to community stability, officer […] Read More

Lissa Yellow Bird’s Sahnish Scouts search for the missing

May 5, 2024

On the rugged plains of North Dakota lives an extraordinary individual who, for the past 15 years or so, has taken it upon herself to investigate, search for and attempt […] Read More

More effective police–community relations

March 22, 2024

Did you know that local sporting events, jack-o’-lanterns and Christmas music, along with the focused use of public messaging through various media, can lead to better police–citizen relations, less crime […] Read More

State-of-the-art skill building for the brass

February 20, 2024

According to the National Policing Institute, the paradigm of evidence-based policing (EBP) followed the concepts of evidence-based medicine (EBM), which was adopted as standard professional practice in the early 1990s. […] Read More

An overview of law enforcement training in the U.S.

Research suggests the field is overdue for an update

January 21, 2024

A report issued in November 2022 by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), an independent organization that examines significant issues in policing, revealed that there are significant disparities in how […] Read More